CVE-2012-1594

CVE-2012-1594 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IEEE 802.11 dissector within Wireshark versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.6. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted packet, leading to an infinite loop and rendering the Wireshark application unresponsive. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low severity. It requires adjacent network access (AV:A) and has low attack complexity (AC:L), with no authentication needed (Au:N). The primary impact is availability (A:P), meaning a denial of service, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention.