CVE-2012-4049 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the NFS dissector of Wireshark versions 1.4.x, 1.6.x, and 1.8.x. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted packet, causing Wireshark to enter an infinite loop and consume excessive CPU resources. With a CVSS score of 2.9, this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring adjacent network access and medium attack complexity to achieve a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:itanium:* | ||
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:sparc:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:itanium:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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