CVE-2011-1142
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-835
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1156)
- Published
- March 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1156 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 21, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
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- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
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- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044(Broken Link)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622(Broken Link)
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html(Release Notes)
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html(Release Notes)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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