CVE-2012-4297

Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet.

Affected products

Sunos: 5.11
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3 (+6)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-19.html
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7561
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15741

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