CVE-2012-4288 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the XTP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.4.x, 1.6.x, and 1.8.x, affecting various openSUSE and SunOS distributions. This flaw, categorized as CWE-189, allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) by sending a specially crafted packet with a large span length. With a CVSS score of 3.3, it has a low severity, requiring adjacent network access and no authentication. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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