Code Injection in Wireshark

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU44141

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1594

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.6.0 - 1.6.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52738
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6809
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74362
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15244

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.