epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows…

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted packet.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 24% 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: Low 2.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43576 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15707 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 49971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 54425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201308-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7436 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c?r1=43576&r2=43575&pathrev=43576 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:0930 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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 6 Aug 2024, 20:28 UTC.