CVE-2012-4287 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the MongoDB dissector within Wireshark versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.2. An attacker can trigger a loop and high CPU consumption by providing a small BSON document length. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication, leading to a denial of service (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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