CVE-2011-4102
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
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.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4053)
- Published
- November 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4053 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 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
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39508(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/76770
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46644
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46913
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50486
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-19.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6479
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750648(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71092
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15073
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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