CVE-2011-1590

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1590
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-29 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.13 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.14 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.15 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Wireshark] Revision 36608 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
5754 – Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2011-03-15-11832.pcap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: wireshark-1.4.6-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Wireshark 1.2.16 / 1.4.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:083 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Wireshark Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
5793 – Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2011-03-29-4806.pcap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-05 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE update for ethereal - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2274-1 wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: wireshark-1.2.16-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.osvdb.org/71846 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Wireshark X.509if Dissector Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: wireshark-1.4.6-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-06 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: Wireshark 1.2.16 / 1.4.5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Exploit, Patch
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2011-1590 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
697741 – (CVE-2011-1590) CVE-2011-1590 Wireshark: Use-after-free causes heap-based buffer overflow in X.509if dissector MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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