Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2012-2394 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedJun 30
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.

CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 6.5 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.6.8-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.6.8-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark23 versions+22

Patches

Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-v655-fcfg-w756: Wireshark 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-2394: Wireshark 1↗2012-06-30
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Wireshark - Misaligned Memory Denial of Service↗2012-05-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Denial of service (crash) due memory alignment problem on SPARC and Itanium processors (wnpa-sec-2012-10)↗2012-05-21
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Debian
CVE-2012-2394: wireshark - Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium pl...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2392 CVE-2012-2393 CVE-2012-2394 CVE-2012-3825 CVE-2012-3826 wireshark various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-05-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2394 wireshark: Denial of service (crash) due memory alignment problem on SPARC and Itanium processors (wnpa-sec-2012-10)↗2012-05-23
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