CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-3556

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2013-05-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-05-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The fragment_add_seq_common function in epan/reassemble.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark before r48943 has an incorrect pointer dereference during a comparison, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Affected configurations

• 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 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.10 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.11 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.12 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.13 • wireshark wireshark 1.6.14 • debian debian linux 7.0 • opensuse opensuse 11.4 • opensuse opensuse 12.2 • opensuse opensuse 12.3 • 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

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References