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CVE-2012-4293

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4293 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.4.x, 1.6.x, and 1.8.x, specifically within the EtherCAT Mailbox dissector. Malformed packets can cause the application to exit due to improper handling of integer fields. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low severity, with an adjacent network attack vector and partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
64.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 65th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4293Low

wireshark: premature exit in EtherCAT Mailbox dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-22)

Aug 15, 2012

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c
Patch
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
blogs.oracle.com / sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
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%3A15527
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/55035
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2012-22.html
Vendor Advisory