FKIE_CVE-2011-3483

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-09-20 10:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:33
Severity
Summary
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."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.6.0
wireshark wireshark 1.6.1
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      "value": "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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      "value": "Wireshark v1.6.x antes de v1.6.2, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de la aplicaci\u00f3n) a trav\u00e9s de un archivo de captura modificado que provoca un tvbuff root inv\u00e1lido, relacionado con una \"vulnerabilidad de manejo de excepci\u00f3n de b\u00fafer\""
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  "id": "CVE-2011-3483",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:33:20.703",
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