CVE-2011-4102
wireshark - buffer overflow
EPSS 1.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-4102
To remediate CVE-2011-4102, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.6.3-1 or later
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.2.11-6+squeeze5 or later
Is CVE-2011-4102 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.6.3-1
- from 0, < 1.2.11-6+squeeze5