CVE-2012-4287: sun sunos Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-4287 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in sun sunos. EPSS estimates a 2.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 16-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a BSON document length.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.45% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (anonsvn.wireshark.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugs.wireshark.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
3 vendors · 3 products
References
13 links- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c?r1=44288&r2=44287&pathrev=44288X Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44288X Refsource CONFIRM
- blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15818VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
