{"id":"CVE-2012-6054","details":"The dissect_sflow_245_address_type function in epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly handle length calculations for an invalid IP address type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that is neither IPv4 nor IPv6.","modified":"2025-08-09T19:01:27Z","published":"2012-12-05T11:57:19Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-32.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c?r1=45324&r2=45323&pathrev=45324"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7789"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45324"},{"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%3A15764"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}