CVE-2013-4935

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4935
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-07-30 00:56:16 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.0 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
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
Security Advisory SA54178 - Debian update for wireshark - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA54371 - SUSE update for wireshark - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Wireshark · Wireshark 1.10.1 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2734-1 wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
Wireshark · Wireshark 1.8.9 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
8722 – ASN.1 aligned PER dissector fails to check return value of g_malloc() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA54296 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1295-1: moderate: wireshark to 1.8.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2013-52 · ASN.1 PER dissector crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:1300-1: moderate: wireshark to 1.8.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA54425 - Gentoo update for wireshark - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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