FKIE_CVE-2011-4102
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-11-03 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:34
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.4 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.5 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.6 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.7 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.8 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.9 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.6.2 |
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