VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-5238
CVSS score3.3 LOW
EPSS probability0.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-10-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.