CVE-2012-2394

N/A Unknown
Published: June 30, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42393
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7221
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.0%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

wireshark