CVE-2011-1138

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1138
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-03-03 01:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
Wireshark 6LoWPAN Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: wireshark-1.2.15-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
5722 – Crash in 6LoWPAN on 32-bit systems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit, Patch
Fedora update for wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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
Wireshark · Wireshark 1.4.4 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Patch
SUSE update for wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: wireshark-1.4.4-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-04 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org 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
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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