Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 363836

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 1.4.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.4.12 advisory.

- The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-6823)

- The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-6804)

- The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-6833)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.4.12 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 363836

File Name: macosx_wireshark_1_4_12.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2012

Detections

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