CVE-2011-0024

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Mar 28, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2011-0024: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix