CVE-2012-2394

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Wireshark - Misaligned Memory Denial of Service2012-05-24 · dos · multiple · Verified

Impact

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42393
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7221
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42393
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7221