CVE-2012-4297: Sun Sunos

High severity, CVSS 8.3. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: version 5.11 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.8.0 only; version 1.8.1 only; version 1.6.0 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 1.6.2 only; version 1.6.3 only; …

Published 2012-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.