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CVE-2011-1957

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1957 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the DICOM dissector's dissect_dcm_main function by sending a specially crafted PDU with an invalid length, leading to an infinite loop. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 75th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1957Low

wireshark: Infinite loop in the DICOM dissector

May 31, 2011

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061290.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061437.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061477.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/20
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/11
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/44449
secunia.com / advisories/44958
secunia.com / advisories/45149
secunia.com / advisories/48947
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/67790
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14325
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2274
securityfocus.com / bid/48066
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2011-08.html
Vendor Advisory