CVE-2012-3548 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.6.x through 1.6.10 and 1.8.x through 1.8.2. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting a capture file with a small length field in the DRDA dissector, leading to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring medium attack complexity but only resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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