CVE-2012-4296

LOW 3.3CVE-2012-4296 · Published 16/08/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4296 is a LOW (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 82.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 1.4.0= 1.4.1= 1.4.10= 1.4.11= 1.4.12= 1.4.13= 1.4.14= 1.4.2= 1.4.3= 1.4.4= 1.4.5= 1.4.6= 1.4.7= 1.4.8= 1.4.9= 1.6.0= 1.6.1= 1.6.2= 1.6.3= 1.6.4= 1.6.5= 1.6.6= 1.6.7= 1.6.8= 1.6.9= 1.8.0= 1.8.1`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c in the RTPS2 dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.

References

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