CVE-2012-5240
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.8 · Memory corruption
5.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed packet.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-29.htmlAdvisory
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c?r1=44801&r2=44800&pathrev=44801
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44801
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7046
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7567
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15691