CVE-2012-1594

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1594
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-11 10:39:26 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionepan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireshark IEEE 802.11 Dissector Infinite Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark ANSI A/IEEE 802.11/PCAP/MP2T Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Exploit
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Multiple wireshark security flaws resolved in 1.4.12 and 1.6.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
6809 – Hang loading pcap file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: wireshark-1.6.6-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2012-05 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
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