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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 7.5%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (26)
- 43759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-2648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-2620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0747 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 43795 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#215900 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110204 Wireshark: Freeing uninitialized pointer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0370 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-2632 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- wireshark-pcap-code-execution(65182) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1025148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46167 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 43821 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .