CVE-2012-0067 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.5% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
wiretap/iptrace.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in an AIX iptrace file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 6.52% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-04-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark - Buffer Underflow / Denial of Service | 2012-01-10 |
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40167
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/4
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6668
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15192
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40167
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/4
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html
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