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CVE-2012-6058
Integer overflow in the dissect_icmpv6 function in epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c in the ICMPv6 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Integer overflow in the dissect_icmpv6 function in epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c in the ICMPv6 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Number of Sources value.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% 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 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16075 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-40.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7844 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1633 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45459 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c?r1=45459&r2=45458&pathrev=45459 (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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