CVE-2011-4102
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Memory corruption
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39508 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39508Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9Patch
- 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