CVE-2012-6055 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 5 Dec 2012 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via a crafted packet triggering an infinite loop in the 3GPP2 A11 dissector.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2012-6055?

CVE-2012-6055 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-3g-a11.c in the 3GPP2 A11 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value in a sub-type length field.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6055?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6055?

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-2012-6055 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6055 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CVE-2012-5601, DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6055, GHSA-x4fw-96wj-qfgh.