CVE-2011-4102

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+7)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39508
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9
http://osvdb.org/76770
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46644
http://secunia.com/advisories/46913
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50486
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-19.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6479
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750648
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71092

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