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CVE-2011-1591 in the critical feed json

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…

published 2011-04-29 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1591

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
41.7%
EPSS 41.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
6
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1591

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1591 updated cvss 6.8

Wireshark: Heap-based buffer overflow in DECT dissector

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/wireshark_packet_dect)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

41.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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