FKIE_CVE-2011-1142

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-03-03 01:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:28
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.2.0
wireshark wireshark 1.2.1
wireshark wireshark 1.2.2
wireshark wireshark 1.2.3
wireshark wireshark 1.2.4
wireshark wireshark 1.2.5
wireshark wireshark 1.2.6
wireshark wireshark 1.2.7
wireshark wireshark 1.2.8
wireshark wireshark 1.2.9
wireshark wireshark 1.2.10
wireshark wireshark 1.2.11
wireshark wireshark 1.2.12
wireshark wireshark 1.2.13
wireshark wireshark 1.2.14
wireshark wireshark 1.2.15
wireshark wireshark 1.4.0
wireshark wireshark 1.4.1
wireshark wireshark 1.4.2
wireshark wireshark 1.4.3
wireshark wireshark 1.4.4
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