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Vulnerability details: VCID-56s3-sg7m-w3cc
Vulnerability ID VCID-56s3-sg7m-w3cc
Aliases CVE-2012-5237
Summary wireshark: Infinite loop in the HSRP dissector
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 1.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
epss 0.00963 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
cvssv2 3.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5237
Reference id Reference type URL
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c?r1=44454&r2=44453&pathrev=44454
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44454
http://osvdb.org/85884
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-5237.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-5237
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7581
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5237
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79009
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14992
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html
689972 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=689972
862504 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862504
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:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-5237 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5237
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5237
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 0.7648
EPSS Score 0.00963
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:54:03.049492+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-5237.json 38.0.0