CVE-2011-1591
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DECT dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-dect.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pcap file.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DECT dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-dect.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pcap file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 41.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-04-29 22:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-04-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 08fee808a0b1a4fc8dfcd07ba5c2e851858d51ffebb7f0ae3ec3cf96c14f6e68
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com17185http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17185
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-dect-bo(66834)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66834
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:083http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5836
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5621http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5529http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
- www.exploit-db.com17195http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17195
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110418 Re: Wireshark 1.2.16 / 1.4.5http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15000https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15000
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5569http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
- secunia.com44374http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
- www.osvdb.org71848http://www.osvdb.org/71848
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5838
- secunia.com44172http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
- securitytracker.com1025389http://securitytracker.com/id?1025389
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-1022http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#243670http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/243670
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110418 Wireshark 1.2.16 / 1.4.5http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-1106http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.4.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.4.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.4.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.