CVE-2012-0042

no score yetEPSS 1.9%

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2012-04-11
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

redhat:enterprise_linux
wireshark:wireshark

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425

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