CVE-2012-5238

low

Published 2012-10-04 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.8.2-2`
sid	Fixed	`1.8.2-2`
forky	Fixed	`1.8.2-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.8.2-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.8.2-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
wireshark	wireshark	`1.8.0`
wireshark	wireshark	`1.8.1`
wireshark	wireshark	`1.8.2`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.