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CVE-2012-1593

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Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758

http://secunia.com/advisories/48986

http://secunia.com/advisories/48548

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-04-11

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01771

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