CVE-2012-4298

Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.4 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2012-08-16

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected products

• Sunos (Sun)
• Wireshark (Wireshark)

References

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revision
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-25.html
• https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15777