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CVE-2011-1590 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision	CVE	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388	CVE
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/71846	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html	CVE
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html	[email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388	[email protected]
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/71846	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html	[email protected]

see all 46 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.2.0

1.2.1

1.2.2

1.2.3

1.2.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 2, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]