CVE-2012-1593
epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector 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 (NULL pointer dereference and
02 Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector 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 (NULL pointer dereference and
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-04-11 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-03-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ccf0aeb5deb3dd36fdd94c5cad887f6933b86db8d91c8ae52fa4ac9ca231d5a5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com18758http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758
- secunia.com48986http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120328 Re: CVE Request: Multiple wireshark security flaws resolved in 1.4.12 and 1.6.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0558http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-5243http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- secunia.com48548http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-5256http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14991https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991
- www.securitytracker.com1026874http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-ansia-dos(74361)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.6.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.