Name: CVE-2011-1142: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2011-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2011-1142, CWE-835, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.02551

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wireshark	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 3, 2011
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-analyzer/wireshark.	Oct 30, 2017	Mar 2, 2011
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Mar 1, 2011

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CVSS Details

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