CVE-2012-2392

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to the (1) ANSI MAP, (2) ASF, (3) IEEE 802.11, (4) IEEE 802.3, and (5) LTP dissectors.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+16)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6805
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7118
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7119
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7120
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7124
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15604

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