{
    "id": "CVE-2011-0538",
    "published": "2011-02-08 22:00:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:27:35",
    "cvss_score": "6.8",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.",
    "epss_score": "0.07508",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94294",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "wireshark",
            "product": "wireshark"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "35314",
            "title": "Wireshark 1.4.3 - '.pcap' Memory Corruption",
            "date": "2011-02-03",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35314"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43759",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43795",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/43821",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747",
        "http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html",
        "http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html",
        "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html",
        "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html",
        "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182"
    ]
}