CVE-2011-1142

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.

• CWE-835
• CWE-835

• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link

Published

Mar 3, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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