CVE-2011-2597
The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.
02 Description
The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.
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
- 2.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.2% 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
- Low. 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
- 2011-07-07 19:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-06-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- 4318f0ea845738a1860ed0ccfae8d2b53f393bdff16a991118b76400fc367e67
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html
- securitytracker.com1025738http://securitytracker.com/id?1025738
- secunia.com45574http://secunia.com/advisories/45574
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-lucent-dos(68335)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68335
- secunia.com48947http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-9638http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html
- www.securityfocus.com48506http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48506
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:1263http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-9640http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html
- secunia.com45086http://secunia.com/advisories/45086
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14794https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14794
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2011:1262http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00021.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:118http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:118
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.6.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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