CVE-2012-0041 — The dissect_packet function in epan/packet

The dissect_packet function in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in a capture file, as demonstrated by an airopeek file.

01What is this vulnerability?

The dissect_packet function in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in a capture file, as demonstrated by an airopeek file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2012-04-11T10:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-06T18:09:17.245Z

09References

• bugs.wireshark.org — https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6663
• anonsvn.wireshark.org — http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40164
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/4
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
• rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
• www.wireshark.org — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
• www.gentoo.org — http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…