CVE-2012-0042

Public Exploit

Description

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.

2.9

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.28%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947	third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7	mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026507	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/47494	third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	vendor advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194	patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15368	vdb entry signature
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634	patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0042?: CVE-2012-0042 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0042?: To fix CVE-2012-0042, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-0042 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-0042 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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