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CVE-2012-0042

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 s…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
WiresharkWireshark
Versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.4.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux
Version 5

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