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CVE-2012-0041

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0041 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5, specifically affecting the dissect_packet function. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application by providing a crafted capture file containing an excessively long packet, such as an airopeek file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0203 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.15-5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0041Low

wireshark: multiple file parser vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2012-01)

Jan 10, 2012

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/47494
secunia.com / advisories/48947
secunia.com / advisories/54425
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15297
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/4
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html
Vendor Advisory