Is CVE-2011-1142 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-1142 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-1142?

CVE-2011-1142 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-1142?

CVE-2011-1142 has an EPSS score of 2.55% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1142?

Upgrade wireshark on debian 11 to 1.4.4-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-1142

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

wiresharkDebian

Fixed in:1.4.4-1CVE-2011-1142

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

bugs.wireshark.org

Third-Party Advisory1

securitytracker.com

Release Notes2

Other references3

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CVE-2022-0778	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-14241	High	7.5	70%	-	-
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.