CVE-2012-0043

Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.11 and 1.6.x < 1.6.5 - Buffer Overflow in RLC Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15324
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026508

Scores

EPSS 0.0168
EPSS Percentile 82.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (16)
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.6
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.7
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.8
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.9
... and 6 more
Published Apr 11, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026