CVE-2012-0042

LowCVSS 2.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.9/10AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 11, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-0042: Low severity, CVSS 2.9 | Vulnix