{"id":"CVE-2011-3482","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-3482","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:18:46.520Z","title":"The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a…","description":"The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.","published":"2011-09-20T10:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:33:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark"],"epss":{"score":0.01658,"percentile":0.76459,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=38430","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-16.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6139","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737783","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14886","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=38430","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-16.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6139","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737783","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14886","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3482","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}