CVE-2012-4298

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

Publication date:

16/08/2012

Last modified:

19/09/2017

Description

Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical