CVE-2012-0042

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.9
Exploit probability—
ProductWireshark
PublishedApr 11, 2012
First seenApr 11, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
wireshark wireshark1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10—
redhat enterprise_linux5—

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