# CVE-2011-0445: The ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via crafte

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-01-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via crafted packets, as demonstrated by fuzz-2010-12-30-28473.pcap.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/43175
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0270
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45775
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14505
- http://osvdb.org/70402
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053650.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053669.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5537
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64625

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