CVE-2012-1596 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the MP2T dissector of 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 sending a specially crafted packet containing an invalid pointer value, leading to an incorrect memory allocation attempt. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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