Vulnerability Details : CVE-2013-4920
The P1 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service
Products affected by CVE-2013-4920
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4920
0.39%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 70 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2013-4920
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2013-4920
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2013-4920
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http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50083
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/treePatch
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17089
Repository / Oval Repository
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201308-05) — Gentoo security
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http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
Wireshark · Wireshark 1.10.1 Release Notes
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https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-42.html
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2013-42 · P1 dissector crashVendor Advisory
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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8826
8826 – BER dissector crash
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