CVE-2011-4101 (GCVE-0-2011-4101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-11-03 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:53
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Summary
The dissect_infiniband_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-infiniband.c in the Infiniband dissector in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1020 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2011-11-01 00:00
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