CVE-2013-4935

Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.9 and 1.10.x < 1.10.1 - Denial of Service in ASN.1 PER Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

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 third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54178
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-52.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2734
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/2013-08/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17417

Scores

EPSS 0.0143
EPSS Percentile 80.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (10)
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.6
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.7
wireshark/wireshark 1.8.8
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.0
Published Jul 30, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026