CVE-2012-6053
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5927)
- Published
- December 5, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5927 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c?r1=45310&r2=45309&pathrev=45310(Patch)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45310
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-31.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7787
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15915
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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