Wireshark: Use-after-free causes heap-based buffer overflow in X.509if dissector
Published Apr 29, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.81%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 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
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0509
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0509 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of wireshark package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This issue was fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHSA-2012:0509.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01812) | 77.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01812) | 75.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.49% (0.02488) | 83.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.11% (0.06112) | 84.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.49% (0.02488) | 84.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.77% (0.00769) | 81.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.77% (0.00769) | 80.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.77% (0.00769) | 78.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 87.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (27)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44172 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44374 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44822 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45149 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/71846 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1590 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697741 Issue Tracking
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1590
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1590
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