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CVE-2012-4297
Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in…
High8.3EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.3 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 55035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7561 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201308-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 51363 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15741 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 50276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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