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CVE-2012-0042

Published: Apr 11, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.9 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.9 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0042
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark1.6.0 (including)1.6.0 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.6.1 (including)1.6.1 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.6.3 (including)1.6.3 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.6.4 (including)1.6.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatwireshark-0:1.0.15-5.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatwireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1*
WiresharkUbuntuhardy*
WiresharkUbuntulucid*
WiresharkUbuntumaverick*
WiresharkUbuntunatty*
WiresharkUbuntuoneiric*
WiresharkUbuntuupstream*

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