CVE-2012-2393

Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.13 and 1.6.x < 1.6.8 - Denial of Service in DIAMETER Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-2393. PoCs published by Wireshark.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit is a PoC for a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark due to improper memory allocation. It provides a link to a malicious PCAP file that can crash the application.

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 does not properly construct certain array data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers incorrect memory allocation.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Wireshark · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18918

The exploit is a PoC for a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark due to improper memory allocation. It provides a link to a malicious PCAP file that can crash the application.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Wireshark 1.4.0 to 1.4.12 and 1.6.0 to 1.6.7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A vulnerable version of Wireshark · Ability to deliver the malicious PCAP file to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53652
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15558
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080

Scores

EPSS 0.0377
EPSS Percentile 88.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (22)
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 12 more
Published Jun 30, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026