DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0041

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0041
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0041.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0041
Upstream
Published
2012-04-11T10:39:25Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:22:21.548175Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}