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CVE-2012-3825

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3825 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8, specifically within the BACapp and Bluetooth HCI dissectors. These flaws can be exploited by remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low severity, as it requires adjacent network access (AV:A) and results in partial availability impact (A:P). While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18919) detailing denial of service vulnerabilities, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion surrounding this specific CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
6.5
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18919 · May 24, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0335 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 94 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3825Low

wireshark: Integer overflows in BACapp and Bluetooth HCI dissectors, leading to DoS (wnpa-sec-2012-08)

Apr 16, 2012

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49226
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15478
securitytracker.com / id
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html
Vendor Advisory