{"id":"CVE-2011-3483","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-3483","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:22:17.498Z","title":"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.\"","description":"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.\"","published":"2011-09-20T10:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:33:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark"],"epss":{"score":0.05578,"percentile":0.92825,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2011-09-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":36128,"kind":"exploit","title":"Wireshark 1.6.1 - Malformed Packet Trace File Remote Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36128","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/36128.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/36128.txt","published":"2011-09-08","added":"2011-09-08","updated":"2015-02-20","author":"Wireshark","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2011-3483","OSVDB-75346"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49521/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3483","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}