{"id":"CVE-2012-6059","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6059","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:50.896Z","title":"The dissect_isakmp function in epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c in the ISAKMP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses an incorrect data structure to determine IKEv2 decryption parameters, which allows remote attackers to…","description":"The dissect_isakmp function in epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c in the ISAKMP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses an incorrect data structure to determine IKEv2 decryption parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.","published":"2012-12-05T11:57:20.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark"],"epss":{"score":0.02679,"percentile":0.85709,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c?r1=45510&r2=45509&pathrev=45510","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45510","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-35.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7855","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15239","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c?r1=45510&r2=45509&pathrev=45510","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45510","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-35.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7855","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15239","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6059","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}