FKIE_CVE-2011-0538
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-02-08 22:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.4 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.5 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.6 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.7 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.8 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.9 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.10 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.11 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.12 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.13 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.14 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.5.0 |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:27:35.340",
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