Buffer overflow in Wireshark
CVE-2011-0444
Buffer overflow in the MAC-LTE dissector (epan/dissectors/packet-mac-lte.c) in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.13 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of RARs.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.072 (94.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.072 · newest: 0.072 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/43175 (third-party-advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi (Patch)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-01.html
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0270 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45775 (vdb-entry)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64624 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 (vdb-entry)