CVE-2011-1590
EPSS 2.5%wireshark - multiple
Published: 4/29/2011Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 1.4.5-1
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 1.2.11-6+squeeze2