4.3

CVE-2012-1595: wireshark Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1595
Published 11-04-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1595 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2012:0509

Timeline

  1. 11-04-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.77% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.6.6-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.4.9 | 1.4.10 | 1.4.11 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5

2 vendors · 2 products

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