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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…
Low2.9EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.9 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0125 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 48947 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120111 Re: CVE request: Wireshark multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1026507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 47494 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201308-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15368 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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