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CVE-2011-4101

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-4101 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector of Wireshark versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.3, allowing remote attackers to crash the application via a malformed packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

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
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-4101Low

wireshark: NULL pointer dereference in Infiniband dissector can cause a crash

Oct 20, 2011

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9
osvdb.org / 76769
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/46644
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/71091
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14760
securityfocus.com / bid/50481
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2011-18.html