CVE-2013-4920
The P1 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
02 Description
The P1 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-07-29 19:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-07-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5a9de6c5a4e3cd2576ff41267a784629106cfbe90b6e977768fb781693f1c3f2
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8826
- secunia.com54425http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-42.html
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-201308-05http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:17089https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17089
- secunia.com54296http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
- anonsvn.wireshark.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50083
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.10.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.10.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.10.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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