6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2011-0538
Wireshark uninitialized pointer freed in pcap-ng processing
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2011, 10 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 19, 2017, 1:32 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-0538 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wireshark wireshark
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-0538.

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

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-0538 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-0538 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65182 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://srcm.symantec.com/EditVulnerabilityFixes.aspx?docId=549474
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.08 }} -1.09%

score

0.92112

percentile

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