CVE-2012-4049
LOW · CVSS 2.9EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3993)
- Published
- July 24, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3993 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
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and 24 more…
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c?r1=43576&r2=43575&pathrev=43576(Exploit, Patch)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43576
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7436
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15707
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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