CVE-2012-4296
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CVE-2012-4296
Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c in the RTPS2 dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.
Exploit probability
2.1%
Published
August 16, 2012
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2012-4296
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Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c in the RTPS2 dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c?r1=44320&r2=44319&pathrev=44320
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44320
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-18.html
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7568
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15583