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.

EPSS: 0.131 (95.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wireshark — versions 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.