CVE-2012-4048: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 6.0 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.4.0 only; version 1.4.1 only; version 1.4.2 only; version 1.4.3 only; version 1.4.4 only; version 1.4.5 only; …

Published 2012-07-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.