CVE-2012-4293 in Wireshark
Summary
plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c in the EtherCAT Mailbox 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 does not properly handle certain integer fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a malformed packet.
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Reservation
08/14/2012
Disclosure
08/16/2012
Status
Confirmed
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5999 | Wireshark EtherCAT Mailbox Dissector packet-ecatmb.c numeric error | 189 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2012-4293 |