CVE-2011-3483 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.6% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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."
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.57% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-09-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark 1.6.1 - Malformed Packet Trace File Remote Denial of Service | 2011-09-08 |
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971
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