CVE-2012-4048

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.3/10AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 24, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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