CVE-2013-1580
Wireshark 1.6.x-1.6.12 and 1.8.x-1.8.4 - Denial of Service via DOCSIS CM-STATUS Dissector Infinite Loop
Title source: llmDescription
The dissect_cmstatus_tlv function in plugins/docsis/packet-cmstatus.c in the DOCSIS CM-STATUS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 uses an incorrect data type for a position variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47045
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/plugins/docsis/packet-cmstatus.c?r1=47045&r2=47044&pathrev=47045
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8199
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15509
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0023
EPSS Percentile
45.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (18)
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.0
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.1
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.2
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.3
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.4
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.5
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.6
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.7
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.8
wireshark/wireshark
1.6.9
... and 8 more
Published
Feb 03, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026