CVE-2011-1590

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductWireshark
PublishedApr 29, 2011
First seenApr 29, 2011

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
wireshark wireshark1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4—

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