epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NDS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 does not properly maintain a ptvc data…

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NDS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 does not properly maintain a ptvc data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.6% · top 6.2% 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 5.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• [oss-security] 20160728 CVE request: Wireshark 2.0.5 and 1.12.13 security releases (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12576 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 92164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 40194 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-40.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1036480 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9eacbb4d48df647648127b9258f9e5aeeb0c7d99 (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)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 01:29 UTC.