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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…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.5%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1025738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 45574 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- wireshark-lucent-dos(68335) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 48947 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-9638 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 48506 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:1263 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-9640 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2011:1262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .