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.
Published: 2011-03-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-21T16:13:16.900Z

Reserved: 2011-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1142

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:14:27.833Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-03T01:00:01.597

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-1142

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1142 - Bugzilla

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