CVE-2011-1138
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1152)
- Published
- March 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1152 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036(Patch)
- 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(US Government Resource)
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722(Exploit, Patch)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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