CVE-2011-3483

Published: Sep 20, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

4.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Wireshark 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."

Affected (2)

Products: Wireshark: Wireshark

Wireshark

1 product

Wireshark

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.6.0
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.6.1

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138