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CVE-2012-1594

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Date: April 11, 2012

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.3

Related Resources (5)

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74362

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/48548

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1594

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-1594

Severity Score

4.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Code Injection

CWE-94

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version wireshark-1.6.6

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.3
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.3
Access Vector (AV):	ADJACENT
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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