CVE-2011-1138

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2011-1138 · Published 03/03/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-1138 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.3%, higher than 88.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 1.4.0= 1.4.1= 1.4.2= 1.4.3`	No fix yet

Description

Off-by-one error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet.

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc · Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
secunia.com/advisories/43759
secunia.com/advisories/44169
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 · US Government Resource
securityfocus.com/bid/46636
securitytracker.com/id
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html · Patch
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html · Vendor Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65783
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16299

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