# CVE-2012-2394: Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certa

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2012-06-30 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42393
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7221
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18920

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