CVE-2012-2394 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark on SPARC and Itanium platforms by sending crafted ICMP or ICMPv6 Echo Request packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-2394?
CVE-2012-2394 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 30 Jun 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2394?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2394?
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-2012-2394 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-2394 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2394, GHSA-v655-fcfg-w756.