CVE-2012-1595
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
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
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.77%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 77
- Score date: 10/9/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-399
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548
Raw JSON (NVD)
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