CVE-2012-5237 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.3, specifically within the HSRP dissector's dissect_hsrp function. A remote attacker on the same network segment could trigger an infinite loop by sending a specially crafted packet. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low potential impact of only partial denial of service, and requires adjacent network access with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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