CVE-2012-1594

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52738
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6809
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74362
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15244
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html

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