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CVE-2012-2393
epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 does not properly…
Low3.3EPSS 3.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 does not properly construct certain array data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers incorrect memory allocation.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 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 | Low3.3 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% 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 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- MDVSA-2012:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1027094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42200 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 53652 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15558 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 49226 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7138 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c?r1=42200&r2=42199&pathrev=42200 (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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