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CVE-2012-0042

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.

Published

2012-04-11T10:39:25.700

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.9 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

5.5

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application wireshark wireshark 1.6.0 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.6.1 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.6.2 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.6.3 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.6.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 5 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.0 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.1 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.2 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.3 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.4 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.5 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.6 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.7 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.8 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.9 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.10 Yes
References