CVE-2012-1593 EXPLOIT
3.3
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.
Scoring
| CVSS | 3.3 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.17% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-04-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark - 'call_dissector()' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service | 2012-04-19 |
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758
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