CVE-2011-1142
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.75%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1142
To remediate CVE-2011-1142, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.4.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1142 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.4.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |