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CVE-2012-4295

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4295 describes an array index error within the ERF dissector in Wireshark versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.2, affecting Wireshark on SunOS. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted speed value. The CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) indicates a low severity, requiring adjacent network access with low attack complexity to cause a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 75th 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-2012-4295Moderate

wireshark: buffer overflow in ERF dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-16)

Aug 15, 2012

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c
ExploitPatch
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
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%3A15718
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/55035
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2012-16.html
Vendor Advisory