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.
Published: 2012-07-24
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2590-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-3992 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.
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Debian Debian Linux
Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:05.540Z

Reserved: 2012-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4048

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-24T19:55:00.877

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4048

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-07-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4048 - Bugzilla

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