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CVE-2012-6057

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6057 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the EIGRP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.4. This flaw, residing in the dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through an infinite loop by sending a specially crafted EIGRP packet. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0278 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6057Low

wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the EIGRP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-34)

Nov 28, 2012

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c
Patch
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15883
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2012-34.html
Vendor Advisory