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CVE-2012-1593
epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to…
Low3.3EPSS 11.2%
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- redhat
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.
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)
- 11.2% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (2 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
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- 18758 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 48986 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120328 Re: CVE Request: Multiple wireshark security flaws resolved in 1.4.12 and 1.6.6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0558 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-5243 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 48548 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-5256 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1026874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- wireshark-ansia-dos(74361) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
Record last updated .