Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_unknown function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a long string in an unknown ASN.1/BER encoded packet, as demonstrated using SNMP.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-gnome | Dec 1, 2016 | Nov 26, 2010 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Nov 26, 2010 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade tsharkUpgrade wireshark-liteUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade tshark-lite | Dec 10, 2025 | Nov 5, 2010 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-analyzer/wireshark. | Oct 30, 2017 | Nov 26, 2010 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-gnome | Oct 16, 2024 | Nov 26, 2010 |
| Redhat_linux | — | — | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwiretap6Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwsutil16Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwsutil17Upgrade libwiretap15Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwireshark19Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwiretap16Upgrade libwireshark18Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade wireshark-devel | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 26, 2010 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.2.12Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.4.1 | Oct 4, 2017 | Nov 26, 2010 |
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