High severity · published Mar 3, 2011
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…
7.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
1.2.0; 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.2.3; 1.2.4; 1.2.5; +15 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1142
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1142
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
Release Notes
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
Release Notes
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
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