VYPR
Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-4296

CVE-2012-4296

Description

Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c in the RTPS2 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 (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.

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Affected products

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  • Wireshark/Wireshark28 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 27 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 1.4.x < 1.4.15; 1.6.x < 1.6.10; 1.8.x < 1.8.2
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

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