CVE-2011-1138
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 4.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.29%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 88
- Score date: 10/9/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-189
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44169
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46636
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65783
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16299
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44169
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46636
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65783
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16299
Raw JSON (NVD)
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