CVE-2012-2392

Wireshark - Multiple Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to the (1) ANSI MAP, (2) ASF, (3) IEEE 802.11, (4) IEEE 802.3, and (5) LTP dissectors.

Wireshark 1.4.x anteriores a 1.4.13 y 1.6.x anteriores a 1.6.8 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (bucle infinito) a través de vectores relacionados con los analizadores (1) ANSI MAP, (2) ASF, (3) IEEE 802.11, (4) IEEE 802.3 y (5) LTP.

Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer. It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Two flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-04-19 CVE Reserved
2012-05-24 First Exploit
2012-06-30 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/49226	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094	Vdb Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6805	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7118	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7119	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7120	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7124	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15604	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18919	2012-05-24

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015	2017-09-19
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042	2017-09-19
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080	2017-09-19
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2392	2013-11-20
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824411	2013-11-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.11 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.11"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.12 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.12"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.13 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.13"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.7"		-		Affected