Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2012-6058
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.
EPSS: 0.026 (83.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)