Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-3483
CVE-2011-3483
Description
Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed capture file that leads to an invalid root tvbuff, related to a "buffer exception handling vulnerability."
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References
9- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9nvd
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.htmlnvd
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971nvd
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