CVE-2013-2477

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2477
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-07 15:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage function pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2013-12 · CSN.1 dissector crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0494-1: moderate: wireshark: update to 1.8.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 8383 – csnStreamDissector dissector crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
Security Advisory SA52471 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:0506-1: moderate: wireshark: update to 1.8.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Wireshark · Wireshark 1.8.6 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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