CVE-2012-6054

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

Publication date:

05/12/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The dissect_sflow_245_address_type function in epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly handle length calculations for an invalid IP address type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that is neither IPv4 nor IPv6.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:::::::*

CVE-2012-6054

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools