Numeric Errors The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wireshark  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-WIRESHARK-643121
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed16 Aug 2012

Introduced: 16 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-4298  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.