Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2013-1586
The fragment_set_tot_len function in epan/reassemble.c in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly determine the length of a reassembled packet for the DTLS dissector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2
References
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/reassemble.c
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2625 (vendor-advisory)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-05.html (Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16048 (signature, vdb-entry)