CVE-2012-0066 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.9%
top 13.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkRedhat Enterprise Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateMay 4

Description

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 a (1) Accellent 5Views (aka .5vw) file, (2) I4B trace file, or (3) NETMON 2 capture file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.6.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.6.5-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark16 versions+15

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 5

Patches

Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4435-68hj-c5gh: Wireshark 1↗2022-05-04
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OSV
CVE-2012-0066: Wireshark 1↗2012-04-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Wireshark: Dos via large buffer allocation request↗2012-01-10
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Debian
CVE-2012-0066: wireshark - Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to ...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-0066 Wireshark: Dos via large buffer allocation request↗2012-01-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-0041 CVE-2012-0042 CVE-2012-0043 CVE-2012-0066 CVE-2012-0067 CVE-2012-0068 wireshark various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-01-13
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