wireshark: NULL pointer vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2012-02)
Published Apr 11, 2012
2.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.85%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 5
Configuration 3
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:1.0.15-5.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0125
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:1.0.15-5.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0125 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.85% (0.01854) | 78.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01875) | 76.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 49.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 75.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 74.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 71.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47494 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026507 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0042 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773728 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0042
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15368 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0042
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.