EIP-2026-103751

PRE-CVE

Wireshark 1.12.4 - Memory Corruption and Access Violation (PoC)

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-103751. PoCs published by Avinash Thapa.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates a memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark <=1.12.4 by creating a large buffer (80,000 'A' characters) and writing it to a file. When loaded into Wireshark and used in specific filter fields or statistics modules, it triggers an access violation and crash.

Description

Wireshark 1.12.4 - Memory Corruption and Access Violation (PoC)

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Avinash Thapa · pythondosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36840

This PoC demonstrates a memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark <=1.12.4 by creating a large buffer (80,000 'A' characters) and writing it to a file. When loaded into Wireshark and used in specific filter fields or statistics modules, it triggers an access violation and crash.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Wireshark <=1.12.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to create a file on the target system · Wireshark <=1.12.4 installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026