CVE-2011-2175

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Integer underflow in the visual_read function in wiretap/visual.c in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed Visual Networks file that triggers a heap-based buffer over-read.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 6, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2011-2175: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix