CVE-2012-4286

Description

The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted pcap-ng file.

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Other references

• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-24.html
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44074&view=revision
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/pcapng.c?r1=44074&r2=44073&pathrev=44074
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4286