CVE-2011-0538

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-0538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-08 22:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionWireshark 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.13 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.14 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-03 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
676232 – (CVE-2011-0538) CVE-2011-0538 Wireshark: memory corruption when reading a malformed pcap file (upstream bug #5652) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Wireshark '.pcap' File Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
5652 – Freeing uninitialized pointer when reading a malformed pcap-ng file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit, Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: wireshark-1.2.15-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian update for wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Wireshark pcap-ng, Nokia DCT3, LDAP, and SMB Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Potentially Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - Wireshark: Freeing uninitialized pointer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Wireshark · Wireshark 1.4.4 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:044 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: wireshark-1.4.4-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-04 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#215900 - Wireshark 6LoWPAN denial of service vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: wireshark-1.4.4-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2201-1 wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Wireshark · Wireshark 1.2.15 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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