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CVE-2012-5238 Details

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.

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://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989	CVE
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688	CVE
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989	CVE	Patch
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688	CVE	Patch
http://osvdb.org/85883	CVE
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316	CVE
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989	[email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688	[email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989	[email protected]	Patch
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688	[email protected]	Patch
http://osvdb.org/85883	[email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316	[email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.8.0 1.8.1 1.8.2
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:::::::* 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]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]