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title: "CVE-2012-1596\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-1596

Publication date 11 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The mp2t\_process\_fragmented\_payload function in
epan/dissectors/packet-mp2t.c in the MP2T dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x
before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (application crash) via a packet containing an invalid
pointer value that triggers an incorrect memory-allocation attempt.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1596?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1596?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.11, 1.6.0 to 1.6.5

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| wireshark | * Upstream:   <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40978> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1596)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1596)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1596)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1596)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1596>