CVE-2012-6053 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the USB dissector by sending a packet with a zero length field.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-6053?
CVE-2012-6053 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 5 Dec 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c in the USB dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 relies on a length field to calculate an offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value for this field.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6053?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6053?
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-2012-6053 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6053 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as CVE-2012-5593, DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6053, GHSA-c2jp-3fgc-5gr6.