Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2011-1140
Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities in the dissect_ms_compressed_string and dissect_mscldap_string functions in Wireshark 1.0.x, 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted (1) SMB or (2) Connection-less LDAP (CLDAP) packet.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.131 (96.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.131 · newest: 0.131 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43759 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/44169 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/43795 (third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-1140?
- CVE-2011-1140 is a vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under CWE-399. Published 2011-03-03.
- Is CVE-2011-1140 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.