CVE-2012-0066

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0066
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-11 10:39:25 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionWireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in a (1) Accellent 5Views (aka .5vw) file, (2) I4B trace file, or (3) NETMON 2 capture file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
6666 – 5views capture file that crashes wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2012-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
6667 – i4b capture file that crashes wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Wireshark multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
6669 – netmon2 capture file that crashes wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Wireshark multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Security Advisory SA54425 - Gentoo update for wireshark - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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