Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026

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."

Affected products

Wireshark/Wireshark2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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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