4.3

CVE-2011-1138: wireshark Numeric Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-1138
Published 03-03-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-1138 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 3.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.29% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.wireshark.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.4.4-1
Wireshark1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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