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.
EPSS: 0.023 (81.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)