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title: "CVE-2012-4286\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4286

Publication date 16 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The pcapng\_read\_packet\_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng
file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and
application crash) via a crafted pcap-ng file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4286)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4286)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4286)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4286)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-24.html>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44074&view=revision>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/pcapng.c?r1=44074&r2=44073&pathrev=44074>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4286>