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CVE-2012-1595
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…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.8%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% 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: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- 52737 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 48986 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15548 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
- 48947 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48548 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- wireshark-pcap-dos(74364) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-5256 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1026874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
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