CVE-2012-6053 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-189CWE-835 — Infinite Loop5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedDec 5
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c in the USB dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 relies on a length field to calculate an offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value for this field.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.8.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.8.6-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark16 versions+15

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c2jp-3fgc-5gr6: epan/dissectors/packet-usb↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-6053: epan/dissectors/packet-usb↗2012-12-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the USB dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-31)↗2012-11-28
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Debian
CVE-2012-6053: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c in the USB dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6....↗2012
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