CVE-2012-6059

Exp

The dissect_isakmp function in epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c in the ISAKMP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses an incorrect data structure to determine IKEv2 decryption parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Published: 2012-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6059 is rated Exploit Available (58.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.73%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6059

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6059

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.64% 0.73% -0.92%
2 2025-03-29 0.73% 1.64% +0.92%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.73% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6059

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6059

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6059

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-6059 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wireshark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6059
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6059
ubuntu low CVE-2012-6059 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wireshark), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, not-affected 7, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6059

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6059

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wireshark wireshark 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6059

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