VulnerabilityModified

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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.55%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 2.55% probability · 84th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-835
Affected: wireshark/wireshark
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622Broken Link
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlRelease Notes
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlRelease Notes
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724Broken Link

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.