CVE-2012-1593

Wireshark - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Wireshark · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361

Scores

EPSS 0.0150
EPSS Percentile 81.3%

Details

Status published
Products (12)
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.6
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.7
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.8
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.9
... and 2 more
Published Apr 11, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026