CVE-2012-4289

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

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-afp.c in the AFP 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 (loop and CPU consumption) via a large number of ACL entries.

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-2012-4289

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7603

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-17.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44317

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-afp.c?r1=44317&r2=44316&pathrev=44317

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-399

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