MEDIUM
Wireshark: buffer exception handling vulnerability
Published Sep 20, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.57%
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 products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, or 6.
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.
5.57% 0.05572
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05572
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.57% (0.05572) | 92.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.57% (0.05568) | 91.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 30, 2026 | 6.34% (0.06342) | 91.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 7.69% (0.07691) | 91.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 21, 2025 | 12.72% (0.12722) | 93.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.88% (0.15880) | 94.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.14% (0.18141) | 92.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.88% (0.15880) | 94.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.22% (0.01219) | 85.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 16, 2024 | 1.22% (0.01219) | 85.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 19, 2023 | 1.22% (0.01219) | 83.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 1.37% (0.01371) | 84.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01545) | 85.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3483 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3483
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3483
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3483 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3483 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3483 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 20, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 14, 2011
Link CVE-2011-3483
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a