CVE-2011-0538: wireshark

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-0538

Published 08-02-2011Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-0538 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 7.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk

39/100

0100

Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

6.8/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

7.51%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1

DSA-2201-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 RHSA-2011:0369 RHSA-2011:0370

Timeline

08-02-2011
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.06.8

EPSS trend

Probability

7.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.51% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026

EPSS score

7.51%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (bugs.wireshark.org)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified
Wireshark 1.4.3 - '.pcap' Memory Corruption
Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected systems

Debian1 product

wireshark< 1.4.3-3

Wireshark1 product

wiresharkEOL1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.10 | 1.2.11 | 1.2.12 | 1.2.13 | 1.2.14 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.5.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

27 links

secunia.com/advisories/43759Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/43795Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERT VNUS Government Resource
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatch

Show all 27 references

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENVendor Advisory
www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652X Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatch
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENVendor Advisory
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182VDB EntryX Refsource XF
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232X Refsource CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167VDB EntryX Refsource BIDExploit
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
secunia.com/advisories/43821Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0538Advisory

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