High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1142
CVE-2011-1142
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.
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Affected products
22cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 1.2.0-1.2.15, 1.4.0-1.4.4
Patches
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References
7- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622nvdBroken Link
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlnvdRelease Notes
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlnvdRelease Notes
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724nvdBroken Link
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