CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-6062

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-12-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-12-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The dissect_rtcp_app function in epan/dissectors/packet-rtcp.c in the RTCP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Affected configurations

• wireshark wireshark 1.6.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.4 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.5 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.6 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.7 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.8 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.9 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.10 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.11 • wireshark wireshark 1.8.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.8.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.8.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.8.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References