{"id":"CVE-2012-6057","details":"The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:11:27.803632Z","published":"2012-12-05T11:57:20Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:11:27.803632Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-34.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c?r1=45408&r2=45407&pathrev=45408"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7800"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45408"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15883"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}