CVE-2011-4102
Wireshark Heap Buffer Overflow
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the erf_read_header function in wiretap/erf.c in the ERF file parser in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed file.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 3, 2011, 3:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39508 Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/76770 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/46644 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/46913 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50486 Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-19.html Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6479 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750648 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71092 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15073 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15073 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15073 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/71092 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71092 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-4102 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-4102
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.65 }} -0.56%
score
0.68368
percentile