VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-2174
Double free vulnerability in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff.c in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet with malformed data that uses zlib…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.97%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.97%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Double free vulnerability in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff.c in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet with malformed data that uses zlib compression.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.97% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37081Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061290.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061437.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061477.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/20
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44449
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48066
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-08.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5908Exploit, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710097Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67793
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14777
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37081Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061290.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061437.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061477.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/20
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44449
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.