CVE-2012-1595
Wireshark Pcap Format Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 11, 2012, 10:39 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008 Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48548 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48986 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874 Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2012-1595 wireshark: Heap-based buffer overflow when reading ERF packets from pcap/pcap-ng trace files 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. Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0509 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1595 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807644 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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. CVE-2012-1595 wireshark: Heap-based buffer overflow when reading ERF packets from pcap/pcap-ng trace files Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807644 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0509 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1595 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48548 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15548 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 11, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-1595 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-1595
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.05 }} -0.90%
score
0.75519
percentile