CVE-2011-4102 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedNov 3
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.6.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.6.3-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark13 versions+12

Patches

Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: openwall.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r3wc-v5w3-cx98: Heap-based buffer overflow in the erf_read_header function in wiretap/erf↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2011-4102: Heap-based buffer overflow in the erf_read_header function in wiretap/erf↗2011-11-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: buffer overflow in the ERF file reader↗2011-10-21
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Debian
CVE-2011-4102: wireshark - Heap-based buffer overflow in the erf_read_header function in wiretap/erf.c in t...↗2011
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-4102 wireshark: buffer overflow in the ERF file reader↗2011-11-01
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