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CVE-2011-3484

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-3484 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.2, specifically within the OpenSafety dissector. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed packet that causes the unxorFrame function to improperly validate a frame size, leading to an infinite loop and application crash. 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, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-3484Low

Wireshark: OpenSafety dissector vulnerability

Sep 7, 2011

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15062
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2011-12.html