CVE-2013-2478

Wireshark <1.6.14, <1.8.6 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The dissect_server_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c in the MS-MMS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet that (1) triggers an integer overflow or (2) has embedded '\0' characters in a string.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-13.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/52471
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16447
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2644

Scores

EPSS 0.0145
EPSS Percentile 81.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (25)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
opensuse/opensuse 11.4
opensuse/opensuse 12.1
opensuse/opensuse 12.2
opensuse/opensuse 12.3
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
... and 15 more
Published Mar 07, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026