CVE-2011-1142

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductWireshark
PublishedMar 3, 2011
First seenMar 3, 2011
Weakness typeCWE-835CWE-835

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
wireshark wireshark1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4—

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