VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-3483

Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed capture file that leads to an invalid root tvbuff, related to a "buffer exception handling vulnerability."

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 5.57%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 5.57% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: wireshark/wireshark
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.