CVE-2012-0042

N/A Unknown
Published: April 11, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026507
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15368
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026507
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15368
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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