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CVE-2012-6053

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Date: December 5, 2012

epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c in the USB dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 relies on a length field to calculate an offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value for this field.

Language: C

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Related Resources (10)

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c?r1=45310&r2=45309&pathrev=45310
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6053
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6053
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15915
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45310
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-31.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7787
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6053

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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