CVE-2012-0042
EPSS 0.38%
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-0042
To remediate CVE-2012-0042, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.6.5-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-0042 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.6.5-1