CVE-2011-0538 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts by providing a specially crafted .pcap-ng file that causes the software to free an uninitialized pointer. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit for Wireshark 1.4.3 is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-35314). Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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