CVE-2012-1596 — Vulnetix

CVE-2012-1596 PUBLISHED CVSS 5 MEDIUM

The mp2t_process_fragmented_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-mp2t.c in the MP2T 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 (application crash) via a packet containing an invalid pointer value that triggers an incorrect memory-allocation attempt.

EPSS 2.59% · 85.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0

EPSS Score

2.59%

85.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
wireshark	wireshark	1.4.10, 1.4.0, 1.4.1
n/a	n/a	n/a

Exploit Intelligence

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html (circl)
48986 (circl)
[oss-security] 20120328 Re: CVE Request: Multiple wireshark security flaws resolved in 1.4.12 and 1.6.6 (circl)
wireshark-mp2t-dos(74363) (circl)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6833 (circl)
openSUSE-SU-2012:0558 (circl)
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41001 (circl)
FEDORA-2012-5243 (circl)
52736 (circl)
48548 (circl)

…and 3 more exploits

Timeline

Apr 11, 2012 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
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Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score

References

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html url
48986 third-party-advisory
[oss-security] 20120328 Re: CVE Request: Multiple wireshark security flaws resolved in 1.4.12 and 1.6.6 mailing-list
wireshark-mp2t-dos(74363) vdb
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6833 url
openSUSE-SU-2012:0558 vendor-advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41001 url
FEDORA-2012-5243 vendor-advisory
52736 vdb
48548 third-party-advisory
FEDORA-2012-5256 vendor-advisory
1026874 vdb
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15194 vdb
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1596 advisory

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