Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2012-1595
The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c 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 (application crash) via a WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48986 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15548 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/48947 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html
- secunia.com/advisories/48548 (third-party-advisory)