CVE-2012-1593 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the ANSI A dissector of Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by sending a specially crafted, malformed packet. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low severity, with an adjacent network attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB (EDB-18758), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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