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CVE-2011-0538 Details

Description

Wireshark 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1	CVE	Patch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html	[email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1	[email protected]	Patch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.2.0

1.2.1

1.2.2

1.2.3

1.2.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 26, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 9, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]