CVE-2012-4298

Sunos vulnerability

CVSS

5.4

EPSS

6.0%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Sun

Affected product

Sunos

CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-189

Published

2012-08-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-4298

Confirm whether Sun Sunos is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-4298.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2012-4298

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2012-4298 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2012-4298?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2012-4298.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

MEDIUM

CVE-2013-6438

Http Server vulnerability

MEDIUM

CVE-2014-0098

Http Server vulnerability

MEDIUM

CVE-2014-2532

Communications User Data Repository vulnerability