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CVE-2012-6060: wireshark Numeric Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-6060DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6060
Published 05-12-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6060 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Duplicates 1
DLA-497-1RHSA-2013:1569RHSA-2014:0341CVE-2012-5598

Timeline

  1. 05-12-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in the dissect_iscsi_pdu function in epan/dissectors/packet-iscsi.c in the iSCSI dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.74% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.74%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (anonsvn.wireshark.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.8.6-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 1.10.6-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.9 | 1.6.10 | 1.6.11 | 1.8.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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