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ID:4330 - Exploit for Buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2011-0538
ID:4330 - Exploit for Buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2011-0538
Published: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45360
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0538
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.