CVE-2012-0068 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application by providing a malformed Novell capture file with an undersized record. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it indicates a network-based attack with medium complexity, resulting in a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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