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title: "CVE-2012-4294\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4294

Publication date 16 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the channelised\_fill\_sdh\_g707\_format function in
epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c in the ERF dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before
1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large speed
(aka rate) value.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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-2012-4294)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4294)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4294)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4294)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7563>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-16.html>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44377>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-erf.c?r1=44377&r2=44376&pathrev=44377>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4294>
