wireshark: Out-of-bounds memory write in PPP dissector
Published Jul 24, 2012
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.39%
Description
The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.13
Configuration 2
- 6.0
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.8
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of wireshark shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01387) | 71.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01387) | 68.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 41.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 66.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 64.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 67.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 63.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49971 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4048 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842516 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4048
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4048
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49971 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4048 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=842516 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4048 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4048 |
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