CVE-2011-2698
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the elem_cell_id_aux function in epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI MAP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2679)
- Published
- August 23, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2679 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37930(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html(Exploit, Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45086(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45574(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/19/5(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/2(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49071
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6044(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723215(Exploit, Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69074
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14610
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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