CVE-2012-6053

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c in the USB dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 relies on a length field to calculate an offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value for this field.

epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c in the USB dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 relies on a length field to calculate an offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value for this field.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Wireshark

First reported 12 years ago

2012-12-05 11:57:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:35:00

Affected Software

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

Wireshark 1.6.6

1.6.6

Wireshark 1.6.7

1.6.7

Wireshark 1.6.8

1.6.8

Wireshark 1.6.9

1.6.9

Wireshark 1.6.10

1.6.10

Wireshark 1.6.11

1.6.11

Wireshark 1.8.0

1.8.0

Wireshark 1.8.1

1.8.1

Wireshark 1.8.2

1.8.2

Wireshark 1.8.3

1.8.3

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