CVE-2011-1142 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 26.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.4.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.4.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark21 versions+20

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-74r2-qf2j-vm8r: Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2011-1142: Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1↗2011-03-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Wireshark: Stack consumption vulnerability in BER dissector can cause DoS↗2011-03-01
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Debian
CVE-2011-1142: wireshark - Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER di...↗2011
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📐Framework References

1
CWE
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-1142 Wireshark: Stack consumption vulnerability in BER dissector can cause DoS↗2011-03-03
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