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CVE-2013-4935
The dissect_per_length_determinant function in epan/dissectors/packet-per.c in the ASN.1 PER dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The dissect_per_length_determinant function in epan/dissectors/packet-per.c in the ASN.1 PER dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not initialize a length field in certain abnormal situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 54371 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1300 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 54178 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0341 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 54425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-52.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2734 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-per.c?r1=49985&r2=49984&pathrev=49985 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201308-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 54296 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49985 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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