When was CVE-2012-4049 disclosed?

CVE-2012-4049 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 24, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-4049 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4049 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 69.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-4049?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-4049, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-4049

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS 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 (loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted packet.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 69.2%
KEV: Not listed

References (18)

cve@mitrehttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c?r1=43576&r2=43575&pathrev=43576
cve@mitrehttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43576
cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/49971
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/54425
cve@mitrehttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
cve@mitrehttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html
cve@mitrehttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7436
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15707
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c?r1=43576&r2=43575&pathrev=43576
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43576
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml

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