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wireshark — security advisory
plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c in the EtherCAT Mailbox dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly handle certain integer fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a malformed packet.
- Products
- wireshark
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.8.2-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-4293
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c in the EtherCAT Mailbox dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly handle certain integer fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a malformed packet.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4293
wireshark
Fixed versions: 1.8.2-1
wireshark
Fixed versions: 1.8.2-1
wireshark
Fixed versions: 1.8.2-1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4293",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4293",
"summary": "plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c in the EtherCAT Mailbox dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly handle certain integer fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a malformed packet.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4293",
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}
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:24.019172115Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416713,
"published_at": "2012-08-16T10:38:08.843+00:00"
}