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CVE-2012-6057
published 2012-12-05

CVE-2012-6057: The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a…

PriorityP422medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
2.78%
84.9th percentile
The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianwireshark< wireshark 1.8.6-1 (bookworm)wireshark 1.8.6-1 (bookworm)
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 1.8.6-11.8.6-1
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 1.8.6-11.8.6-1
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 1.8.6-11.8.6-1
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 1.8.6-11.8.6-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0LOW
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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