Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2013-2486
The dissect_diagnosticrequest function in epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (aka RELOAD) dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/53425 (third-party-advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-21.html (Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16109 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/52471 (third-party-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html (vendor-advisory)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c