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Vulnerability details: VCID-bby9-87nz-4qcs
Vulnerability ID VCID-bby9-87nz-4qcs
Aliases CVE-2012-6055
Summary wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the 3GPP2 A11 dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-39)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
epss 0.00721 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6055
Reference id Reference type URL
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-3g-a11.c?r1=45337&r2=45336&pathrev=45337
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45337
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-6055.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6055
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7801
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6055
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16044
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-39.html
881706 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=881706
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-6055 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6055
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6055
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72447
EPSS Score 0.00721
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:53:41.795628+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-6055.json 38.0.0