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CVE-2012-4291

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4291 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CIP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.4.x, 1.6.x, and 1.8.x, affecting various distributions including openSUSE and Red Hat. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) can be triggered by a remote attacker sending a malformed packet, leading to memory consumption and a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this 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
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 66th 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 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.15-5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4291Low

wireshark: DoS via excessive system resource consumption in CIP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-20)

Aug 15, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
blogs.oracle.com / sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/50276
secunia.com / advisories/51363
secunia.com / advisories/54425
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/15514562
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15813
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/55035
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.html
Vendor Advisory