CVE-2012-4293

Description

plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c in the EtherCAT Mailbox 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 does not properly handle certain integer fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a malformed packet.

How to fix CVE-2012-4293

To remediate CVE-2012-4293, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.8.2-1 or later

Is CVE-2012-4293 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.8.2-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4293