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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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