CVE-2012-1595

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Wireshark

First reported 12 years ago

2012-04-11 10:39:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-29 02:29:00

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.4.0

1.4.0

Wireshark 1.4.1

1.4.1

Wireshark 1.4.2

1.4.2

Wireshark 1.4.3

1.4.3

Wireshark 1.4.4

1.4.4

Wireshark 1.4.5

1.4.5

Wireshark 1.4.6

1.4.6

Wireshark 1.4.7

1.4.7

Wireshark 1.4.8

1.4.8

Wireshark 1.4.9

1.4.9

Wireshark 1.4.10

1.4.10

Wireshark 1.4.11

1.4.11

Wireshark 1.6.0

1.6.0

Wireshark 1.6.1

1.6.1

Wireshark 1.6.2

1.6.2

Wireshark 1.6.3

1.6.3

Wireshark 1.6.4

1.6.4

Wireshark 1.6.5

1.6.5

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