CVE-2012-0041: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dissect_packet function in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in a capture file, as demonstrated by an airopeek file.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 5 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.4.0 only; version 1.4.1 only; version 1.4.2 only; version 1.4.3 only; version 1.4.4 only; version 1.4.5 only; …

Published 2012-04-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.