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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 r…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
WiresharkWireshark
Versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5

Weakness classification

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