CVE-2012-1595
N/A
Published: April 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (15)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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