CVE-2012-5237
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
The dissect_hsrp function in epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c in the HSRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.9% (59th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5160)
- Published
- October 4, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5160 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- 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(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/85884
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7581
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79009
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14992
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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