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CVE-2013-6340
epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c in the TCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.11 and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not properly determine…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c in the TCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.11 and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not properly determine the amount of remaining data, 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)
- 1.7% · top 23% 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
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=52570 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2792 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-65.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0342 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c?r1=52570&r2=52569&pathrev=52570 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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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