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CVE-2012-1595

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1595 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6. A remote attacker can trigger an application crash by providing a crafted WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file with an invalid pseudoheader size within an Extension or Multi-Channel header. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1595Moderate

wireshark: Heap-based buffer overflow when reading ERF packets from pcap/pcap-ng trace files

Feb 7, 2012

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48548
secunia.com / advisories/48947
secunia.com / advisories/48986
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74364
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
securityfocus.com / bid/52737
securitytracker.com / id
wireshark.org / news/20120327.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
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