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)	stretch	2.6.7-1~deb9u1	fixed
	stretch (security)	2.6.20-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster	2.6.20-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	3.4.3-1	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)