CVE-2012-0042

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-01-10

Description


Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.

See more information about CVE-2012-0042 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 2.9 Base Metrics: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: Adjacent network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (wireshark)ELSA-2013-01252013-01-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (wireshark)ELSA-2012-05092012-04-23



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