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

🗓️ 21 Mar 2011 19:38:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Wireshark before 1.2 has a heap overflow in wiretap/pcapng.c enabling denial of service or remote code execution via crafted captures.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386wireshark0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64wireshark0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcwireshark0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xwireshark0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64wireshark0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386wireshark0:1.0.15-2.el4wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ia64wireshark0:1.0.15-2.el4wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ppcwireshark0:1.0.15-2.el4wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390wireshark0:1.0.15-2.el4wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390xwireshark0:1.0.15-2.el4wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.s390x.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:37Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.04958
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