4.3

CVE-2011-2597: wireshark Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-2597
Published 07-07-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2597 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1RHSA-2012:0509

Timeline

  1. 07-07-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.50% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.6.1-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL1.2 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.11 | 1.2.12 | 1.2.13 | 1.2.14 | 1.2.15 | 1.2.16 | 1.2.17 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.6.0

2 vendors · 2 products

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