CVE-2011-1591
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 41.7%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DECT dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-dect.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pcap file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 41.7% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1591)
- Published
- April 29, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1591 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025389
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17185(Exploit)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17195
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/243670(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
- http://www.osvdb.org/71848
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5836(Exploit)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5838(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66834
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15000
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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