CVE-2012-2394
EPSS 1.4%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-2394
To remediate CVE-2012-2394, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.6.8-1 or later
Is CVE-2012-2394 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.6.8-1