CVE-2012-6061

wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the WTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-37)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The dissect_wtp_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-wtp.c in the WTP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses an incorrect data type for a certain length field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted value in a packet.

La función dissect_wtp_common en epan/dissectors/packet-wtp.c en el WTP dissector en Wireshark v1.6.x anterior a v1.6.12 y v1.8.x anterior a v1.8.4 utiliza un tipo de datos incorrecto para una cierta longitud de campo, lo que produce que atacantes remotos puedan generar una denegación de servicio (desbordamiento de entero o bucle infinito) mediante un paquete manipulado

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

Network

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

2012-11-29 CVE Reserved
2012-12-05 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors
CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45614	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15253	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-wtp.c?r1=45614&r2=45613&pathrev=45614	2024-08-06
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7869	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html	2017-09-19
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html	2017-09-19
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-37.html	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6061	2014-03-31
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=881748	2014-03-31

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"				1.6.0 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
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.11 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.11"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.3"		-		Affected