Resource Management Errors Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.4.15)[1.6.0,1.6.10)[1.8.0,1.8.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318182
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed16 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-4291  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.4.15, 1.6.10, 1.8.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed packet.

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