wireshark: DoS via excessive resource consumption in XTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-15)
Published Aug 16, 2012
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.94%
Description
Integer overflow in the dissect_xtp_ecntl function in epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c in the XTP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop or application crash) via a large value for a span length.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
Configuration 4
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1569
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1569 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.94% (0.01941) | 79.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.96% (0.01957) | 77.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.97% (0.00971) | 75.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 72.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 71.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 72.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 69.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c?r1=44289&r2=44288&pathrev=44289 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44289 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-15.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4288 Vendor Advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7571 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848548 Issue Tracking
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4288
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15789 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4288
Change history (0)
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