CVE-2012-6058
Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.12 and 1.8.x < 1.8.4 - Denial of Service via ICMPv6 Dissector Integer Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
Integer overflow in the dissect_icmpv6 function in epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c in the ICMPv6 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Number of Sources value.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16075
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-40.html
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7844
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45459
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c?r1=45459&r2=45458&pathrev=45459
Scores
EPSS
0.0072
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-189
Status
published
Products (16)
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.0
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.1
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.2
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.3
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.4
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.5
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.6
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.7
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.8
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.9
... and 6 more
Published
Dec 05, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026