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Vulnerability details: VCID-3u5h-xc3t-h3e8
Vulnerability ID VCID-3u5h-xc3t-h3e8
Aliases CVE-2012-4286
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.9
Risk 1.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
epss 0.02186 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4286
Reference id Reference type URL
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://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-4286.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4286
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4286
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15693
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-24.html
848584 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848584
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-4286 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4286
GLSA-201308-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-05
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4286
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84301
EPSS Score 0.02186
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:03:19.423589+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-05 38.0.0