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Vulnerability details: VCID-r7hg-4pg7-tyfa
Vulnerability ID VCID-r7hg-4pg7-tyfa
Aliases CVE-2012-6056
Summary wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the SCTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-33)
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 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
epss 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
epss 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
epss 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
epss 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
epss 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
epss 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
epss 0.00738 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6056
Reference id Reference type URL
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c?r1=45355&r2=45354&pathrev=45355
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45355
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-6056.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-6056
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7802
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6056
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16139
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-33.html
881809 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=881809
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-2012-6056 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6056
RHSA-2013:1569 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1569
RHSA-2014:0341 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0341
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-2012-6056
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 0.72783
EPSS Score 0.00738
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:53:42.181990+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-6056.json 38.0.0