SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2394

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1)…

LOW 3.3EPSS 3.98%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.

CVSS 2.0
3.3 LOWAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
3.98% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
wireshark/wireshark
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.