CVE-2011-0538
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-02-08 21:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-01-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e0ba6b7a018c776785de69f7b15cfaf56e9e7a46cd8c98b1acd0d02f3940e0cb
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com43759http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2648http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2620http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0747http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0626http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
- secunia.com43795http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#215900http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110204 Wireshark: Freeing uninitialized pointerhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0370http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0719http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2632http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0622http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0369http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-pcap-code-execution(65182)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:044http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
- www.securitytracker.com1025148http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
- www.securityfocus.com46167http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
- www.debian.orgDSA-2201http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
- secunia.com43821http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.4.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.4.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.4.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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