Description
Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.
Published: 2012-04-11
Score: 2.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2395-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0082 Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00281}

epss

{'score': 0.00206}


Subscriptions

Redhat Enterprise Linux
Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:09:17.368Z

Reserved: 2011-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0042

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-04-11T10:39:25.700

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0042

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-0042 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses