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CVE-2012-0043
Buffer overflow in the reassemble_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11…
Medium5.8EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the reassemble_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of fragmented RLC packets.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40266 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15324 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120111 Re: CVE request: Wireshark multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 47494 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201308-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1026508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .