CVE-2011-1140
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 13.1%EU EUVD
Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities in the dissect_ms_compressed_string and dissect_mscldap_string functions in Wireshark 1.0.x, 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted (1) SMB or (2) Connection-less LDAP (CLDAP) 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-399
- EPSS score
- 13.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1154)
- 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-2011-1154 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
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References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36029(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/43795
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44169
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html(Patch)
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html(Patch)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5717(Exploit)
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14715
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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