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CVE-2012-1593
epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before...
Vulnerability Description
epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector 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 (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.11
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 11th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.