CVE-2011-1142

Wireshark: Stack consumption vulnerability in BER dissector can cause DoS

Published Mar 3, 2011 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2024, 4:13 PM
Reserved
Mar 2, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 3, 2011, 1:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:28 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 1, 2011, 12:00 AM