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CVE-2012-4287 json

epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…

published 2012-08-16 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4231

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a BSON document length.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4287

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-4287 updated cvss 4.3

wireshark: DoS via excessive CPU consumption in MongoDB dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-14)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • anonsvn.wireshark.org http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c?r1=44288&r2=44287&pathrev=44288 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.wireshark.org https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7572 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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