Improper input validation in Wireshark

CVE-2013-5717

The Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.2 does not properly maintain a certain free list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that is not properly handled by the wmem_block_alloc function in epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wireshark — versions 1.10.0, 1.10.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References