CVE-2012-4298

Name	CVE-2012-4298
Description	Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wireshark (PTS)	jessie	1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u14	fixed
	jessie (security)	1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u19	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch	2.6.7-1~deb9u1	fixed
	buster	2.6.8-1.1	fixed
	bullseye	3.2.1-1	fixed
	sid	3.2.2-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
wireshark	source	(unstable)	1.8.2-1
wireshark	source	squeeze	(not affected)

[squeeze] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 1.8.x)