Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2011-2597
The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/45574 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68335 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48947 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/48506 (vdb-entry)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html (vendor-advisory)