epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a packet that specifies deeply nested data.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | May 1, 2016 | Mar 13, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade wireshark-qt5Upgrade tshark-liteUpgrade wireshark-liteUpgrade tsharkUpgrade wireshark | Dec 10, 2025 | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 1.12.10-0.175.3.7.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 1.12.10-0.175.3.7.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 1.12.10-0.175.3.7.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Apr 30, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 26, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | May 1, 2016 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.10Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.2 | Oct 4, 2017 | Apr 30, 2016 |
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