CVE-2012-1594: Wireshark

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.6.0 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 1.6.2 only; version 1.6.3 only; version 1.6.4 only; version 1.6.5 only

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