CVE-2011-3483

Wireshark 1.6.1 - Malformed Packet Trace File Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed capture file that leads to an invalid root tvbuff, related to a "buffer exception handling vulnerability."

Wireshark v1.6.x antes de v1.6.2, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída de la aplicación) a través de un archivo de captura modificado que provoca un tvbuff root inválido, relacionado con una "vulnerabilidad de manejo de excepción de búfer"

*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

2011-09-08 First Exploit
2011-09-14 CVE Reserved
2011-09-20 CVE Published
2023-06-19 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9	Mailing List
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36128	2011-09-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138	2017-09-19

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"				1.6.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected