Wireshark: Dos via large buffer allocation request
Published Apr 11, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.16%
Description
Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in a (1) Accellent 5Views (aka .5vw) file, (2) I4B trace file, or (3) NETMON 2 capture file.
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:N/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 | 3.16% (0.03162) | 87.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.20% (0.03198) | 86.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.32% (0.02319) | 83.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.24% (0.04240) | 80.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.67% (0.01672) | 80.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 77.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 75.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 72.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40165 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40166 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0066 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6666 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6667 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6669 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783360 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0066
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15111 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0066
Change history (0)
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