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CVE-2012-5238

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Description

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-5161

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754

http://osvdb.org/85883

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00851

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