CVE-2012-3548

Wireshark 1.6.x-1.6.10 and 1.8.x-1.8.2 - Denial of Service via DRDA Dissector Length Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The dissect_drda function in epan/dissectors/packet-drda.c in Wireshark 1.6.x through 1.6.10 and 1.8.x through 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a certain length field in a capture file.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15646
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/4
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849926
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?1027464

Scores

EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 65.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (14)
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.6
... and 4 more
Published Aug 30, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026