CVE-2012-3548

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2 (+8)

References

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

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