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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0075
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (21)
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.0
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.1
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.2
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.3
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.4
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.5
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.6
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.7
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.8
wireshark/wireshark
1.2.9
... and 11 more
Published
Mar 03, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026