CVE-2011-0024
Heap-based buffer overflow in wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark before 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted capture
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark before 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted capture
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-03-28 16:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1d552169767aa707b01e337dae3c572b58d3a1a015de8fcbefc72dda53a91bdb
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0370http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0719http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671331
- secunia.com43821http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.2-0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.2-0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.2-0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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