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critical 9.3

CVE-2011-0024 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark before 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application cr…

published 2011-03-28 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0050

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2-0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0024

  • wireshark RHEL 4 1.0.15-2.el4
  • wireshark RHEL 5 1.0.15-1.el5_6.4
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 1.0.15-2.el4
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 5 1.0.15-1.el5_6.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0370

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-0024 updated cvss 4.4

wireshark: heap-based buffer overflow in wireshark < 1.2 when reading malformed capture files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) wireshark 1.0.15-1.el5_6.4, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el5_6.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-2.el4, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-2.el4, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-2.el4, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-2.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-2.el4, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0370
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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