CVE-2011-0024

critical

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 file.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671331

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/43821

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-03-28

Updated: 2023-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical