VulnerabilityModified
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 of service (memory corruption) or possibly have…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 7.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.51% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43759Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43795Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43821Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747Vendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652Exploit, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.