CVE-2011-1142

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link

Timeline

Published: Mar 3, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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