CVE-2012-1595
The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c 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 WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers.
- EPSS
- 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wireshark:wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548