CVE-2011-1590

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-04-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5 (+15)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388

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