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CVE-2012-1593 Details

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html	CVE
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48548	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48986	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991	CVE
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html	[email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48548	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48986	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991	[email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.4.0 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.11:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.4.0

1.4.1

1.4.2

1.4.3

1.4.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 13, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 11, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]