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DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1142

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1142 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11wireshark0, 0, 0
Debian:14wireshark0, 0, 0
Debian:13wireshark0, 0, 0
Debian:12wireshark0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 3, 2011 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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