CVE-2012-2394

wireshark: Denial of service (crash) due memory alignment problem on SPARC and Itanium processors (wnpa-sec-2012-10)

Published Jun 30, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 3.3 Low EPSS 3.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2382 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:34 PM
Reserved
Apr 19, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 30, 2012, 10:15 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 21, 2012, 12:00 AM