Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2013-4929
The parseFields function in epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c in the DIS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not terminate packet-data processing after finding zero remaining bytes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted packet.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.036 (89.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/54371 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/54425 (third-party-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc (Patch)
- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c (Patch)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17028 (signature, vdb-entry)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)