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CVE-2011-1142

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: March 3, 2011 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Wireshark · Wireshark

95%

1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.10 1.2.11 1.2.12 1.2.13 1.2.14 1.2.15 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.2.6 1.2.7 1.2.8 1.2.9 1.4.0 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622

x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes

Source: [email protected]

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes

Source: [email protected]

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516

VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-835

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