CVE-2011-1142

moderate-risk
Published 2011-03-03

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.75% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Wireshark

References (14)

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
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
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
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate