CVE-2012-2393

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 does not properly construct certain array data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers incorrect memory allocation.

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://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c?r1=42200&r2=42199&pathrev=42200
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42200
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.securityfocus.com/bid/53652
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7138
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15558
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c?r1=42200&r2=42199&pathrev=42200

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