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CVE-2012-6057

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Wireshark — Wireshark

CWEs

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