CVE-2012-1595 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by providing a crafted ERF capture file with invalid pseudoheader sizes, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-1595?
CVE-2012-1595 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 11 Apr 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1595?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1595?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-1595 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1595 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1595, GHSA-478p-hcx8-x6c2.