CVE-2012-4048

no score yetEPSS 1.4%

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.

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-94
Published: 2012-07-24
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
wireshark:wireshark

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590

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