Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2012-1593

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.

EPSS: 0.113 (95.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wireshark — versions 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References