When was CVE-2012-1594 disclosed?

CVE-2012-1594 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 11, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-1594 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1594 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 48.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-1594?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-1594, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-1594

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 48.9%
KEV: Not listed

References (20)

secalert@redhathttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967
secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/48548
secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52738
secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
secalert@redhathttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html
secalert@redhathttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6809
secalert@redhathttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74362
secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15244
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52738

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