CVE-2012-5238 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2012-5238 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.85% · 74.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.85%

74.8th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	wireshark	0, 1.10.2-1, 1.10.3-1

Timeline

Oct 4, 2012 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5238 third-party-advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5238 third-party-advisory

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