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CVE-2012-3548 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/4	CVE
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7666	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849926	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15646	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027464	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/4	[email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7666	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849926	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15646	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027464	[email protected]

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.8.0 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.6.0 1.6.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.8.0

1.8.1

1.8.2

1.6.0

1.6.1

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 2, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 31, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]