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 :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
secalert@redhat.com
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE-2011-0538 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201 Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605 -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com
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 secalert@redhat.com
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 secalert@redhat.com
Feb. 26, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://srcm.symantec.com/EditVulnerabilityFixes.aspx?docId=549474 -
Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov
Feb. 09, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-0538 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-0538
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
29.50 }} -11.29%
score
0.96208
percentile