CVE-2012-0042

low
Published 2012-04-11 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.9
VIR risk
2.9

Description

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0042

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel5affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.6.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.6.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.6.5-1
debian debiansidfixed1.6.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.6.5-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.6.0
wiresharkwireshark1.6.1
wiresharkwireshark1.6.2
wiresharkwireshark1.6.3
wiresharkwireshark1.6.4
wiresharkwireshark1.4.0
wiresharkwireshark1.4.1
wiresharkwireshark1.4.2
wiresharkwireshark1.4.3
wiresharkwireshark1.4.4
wiresharkwireshark1.4.5
wiresharkwireshark1.4.6
wiresharkwireshark1.4.7
wiresharkwireshark1.4.8
wiresharkwireshark1.4.9
wiresharkwireshark1.4.10

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.