CVE-2012-4285

low
Published 2012-08-16 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

Description

The dissect_pft function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c in the DCP ETSI 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 (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a zero-length message.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4285

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7566

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-13.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44247

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c?r1=44247&r2=44246&pathrev=44247

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse11.4affected
suse suse12.1affected
redhat rhel5affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.8.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.8.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.8.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1.8.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.8.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.8.0
wiresharkwireshark1.8.1
wiresharkwireshark1.6.0
wiresharkwireshark1.6.1
wiresharkwireshark1.6.2
wiresharkwireshark1.6.3
wiresharkwireshark1.6.4
wiresharkwireshark1.6.5
wiresharkwireshark1.6.6
wiresharkwireshark1.6.7
wiresharkwireshark1.6.8
wiresharkwireshark1.6.9
wiresharkwireshark1.4.0
wiresharkwireshark1.4.1
wiresharkwireshark1.4.2
wiresharkwireshark1.4.3
wiresharkwireshark1.4.4
wiresharkwireshark1.4.5
wiresharkwireshark1.4.6
wiresharkwireshark1.4.7
wiresharkwireshark1.4.8
wiresharkwireshark1.4.9
wiresharkwireshark1.4.10
wiresharkwireshark1.4.11
wiresharkwireshark1.4.12
wiresharkwireshark1.4.13
wiresharkwireshark1.4.14

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.