CVE-2013-3557

Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.15 and 1.8.x < 1.8.7 - Denial of Service in ASN.1 BER Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0418
EPSS Percentile 88.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (26)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
opensuse/opensuse 11.4
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
wireshark/wireshark 1.6.5
... and 16 more
Published May 25, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026