CVE-2012-4048
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-4048 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-07-24 19:55:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
AdjacentAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.4.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.8.0 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2590-1 wireshark | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| #680056 - wireshark: CVE-2012-4048: PPP dissector crash/segfault - Debian Bug report logs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.debian.org | |
| Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2012-11 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.wireshark.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gentoo.org | |
| Security Advisory SA54425 - Gentoo update for wireshark - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| openSUSE-SU-2012:0930-1: moderate: wireshark (CVE-2012-4048, CVE-2012-40 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.