What is CVE-2013-4082?

CVE-2013-4082 is a vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-06-09.

Is CVE-2013-4082 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Wireshark

CVE-2013-4082

The vwr_read function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not validate the relationship between a record length and a trailer length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2013-06-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.046 (91.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · 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, 12.2, 12.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html (Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/53762 (third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/54425 (third-party-advisory)
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc (Patch)
anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c (Patch)
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-40.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4082?: CVE-2013-4082 is a vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-06-09.
Is CVE-2013-4082 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.