VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1590

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-04-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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