CVE-2011-3483

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3483
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-09-20 10:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionWireshark 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."

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-119 | 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 1.6.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 737785 – CVE-2011-3483 Wireshark: buffer exception handling vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Multiple issues fixed in wireshark 1.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
6135 – [MSVR-11-0076] Vulnerability Report - Wireshark Uninitialized Variable Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
oss-security - CVE Request: Multiple issues fixed in wireshark 1.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:138 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Multiple issues fixed in wireshark 1.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Multiple issues fixed in wireshark 1.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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