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CVE-2012-6055

Date: December 5, 2012

epan/dissectors/packet-3g-a11.c in the 3GPP2 A11 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value in a sub-type length field.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6055

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html

Url: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45337

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6055

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6055

Url: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7801

Url: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-3g-a11.c?r1=45337&r2=45336&pathrev=45337

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16044

Url: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-39.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6055

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	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:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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