MEDIUM
Wireshark: Denial Of Service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field
Published Mar 3, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.28%
Description
wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.2.8
- 1.2.9
- 1.2.10
- 1.2.11
- 1.2.12
- 1.2.13
- 1.2.14
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0370
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0370
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0369
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0370 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0370 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0369 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.28% 0.03277
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03277
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.28% (0.03277) | 88.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.28% (0.03277) | 86.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.27% (0.05271) | 89.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.83% (0.08827) | 87.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 5.27% (0.05271) | 88.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.84% (0.03844) | 87.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01215) | 85.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01215) | 85.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01215) | 83.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.47% (0.01474) | 84.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (30)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=35855 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44169 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1139 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5661 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681748 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65779 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1139
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14997 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1139
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 3, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 2, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1139
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a