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, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wireshark (PTS)	bullseye	3.4.10-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	3.4.16-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	4.0.17-0+deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	4.0.11-1~deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	4.4.7-1	fixed
	forky, sid	4.6.0-1	fixed

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

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

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