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CVE-2012-1594 json

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 o…

published 2012-04-11 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1608

cvss
3.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1594

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1594 updated cvss 4.3

wireshark: Infinite loop in the IEEE 802.11 dissector

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • anonsvn.wireshark.org http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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