CVE-2011-1138

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036
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
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
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html

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