Homepage

CVE-2012-5238 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wireshark  (opens in a new tab)

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (59th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1410-WIRESHARK-642014
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed4 Oct 2012
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 4 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-5238  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.10.

NVD Description

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

epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.

References