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."
Published: 2011-09-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 6.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2395-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3446 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."
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Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:37:47.467Z

Reserved: 2011-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3483

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-09-20T10:55:05.017

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-3483

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-3483 - Bugzilla

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