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CVE-2011-1592

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1592 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.5 on Windows. The flaw resides in the NFS dissector, which incorrectly handles integer data types during SETCLIENTID call decoding, leading to an application crash when processing a specially crafted .pcap file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact (denial of service). The attack vector is network-based, requiring a malicious .pcap file to be opened by a vulnerable Wireshark instance. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. It is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and has a low EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0167 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
ExploitPatch
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/44172
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66833
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14987
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 71847
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/1022
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
Vendor Advisory