CVE-2011-2174

wireshark: Double-free flaw by uncompressing of a zlib compressed packet

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Double free vulnerability in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff.c in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet with malformed data that uses zlib compression.

Doble vulnerabilidad libre en la función tvb_uncompress en epan/tvbuff.c en Wireshark v1.2.x con anterioridad a v1.2.17 y v1.4.x con anterioridad a v1.4.7permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio ( caída de la aplicación) a través de un paquete con de datos con formato incorrecto que utiliza la compresión zlib.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-05-31 CVE Reserved
2011-06-06 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/20	Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/1	Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/11	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/44449	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44958	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48066	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67793	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14777	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5908	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37081	2017-09-19
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.html	2017-09-19
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-08.html	2017-09-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710097	2012-04-23

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061290.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061437.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061477.html	2017-09-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2174	2012-04-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.11 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.11"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.12 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.12"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.13 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.13"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.14 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.14"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.15 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.15"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.16 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.16"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.4.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.4.6"		-		Affected