{
    "id": "CVE-2011-3483",
    "published": "2011-09-20 10:55:05",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:33:20",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.05572",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92630",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:11",
    "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": "36128",
            "title": "Wireshark 1.6.1 - Malformed Packet Trace File Remote Denial of Service",
            "date": "2011-09-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36128"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}