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CVE-2012-6052

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-12-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive hostname information by reading pcap-ng files.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-30.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16040
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-30.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16040

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