CVE-2012-4298: sun sunos Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-4298 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Numeric Errors vulnerability in sun sunos. EPSS estimates a 6.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 16-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.01% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (anonsvn.wireshark.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
3 vendors · 3 products
References
13 links- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075X Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch
- blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533X Refsource CONFIRM
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revisionX Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15777VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
