wireshark: DoS via crafted packets to ASN.1 BER dissector (upstream bug #5537)
Published Jan 12, 2011
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.78%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.78% (0.02784) | 85.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.78% (0.02784) | 84.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.50% (0.00498) | 63.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 71.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 69.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 65.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053650.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053669.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://osvdb.org/70402 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43175 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45775 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0270 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0445 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5537 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=669443 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64625 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0445
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14505 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0445
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