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CVE-2011-1142

Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x through 1.2.15 and 1.4.x through 1.4.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values.

Published

2011-03-03T01:00:01.597

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-835
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-835
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.0 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.1 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.2 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.3 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.4 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.5 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.6 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.7 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.8 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.9 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.10 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.11 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.12 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.13 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.14 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.2.15 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.0 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.1 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.2 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.3 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.4.4 Yes
References