CVE-2011-2698

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Off-by-one error in the elem_cell_id_aux function in epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI MAP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+3)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37930
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45086
http://secunia.com/advisories/45574
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/19/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49071
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html

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