Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2011-4100
The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.3 does not initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
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: 0.023 (82.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/50479 (vdb-entry)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-17.html
- secunia.com/advisories/46644 (third-party-advisory)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc (Patch)
- osvdb.org/76768 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14833 (signature, vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9 (mailing-list, Patch)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71090 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch)