CVE-2013-4935

wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the ASN.1 PER dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-52)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La función dissect_per_length_determinant en epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c del disector ASN.1 PER en Wireshark 1.8.x anterior a 1.8.9 y 1.10.x anterior a 1.10.1 no inicializa un tamaño de campo en determinadas situaciones anormales, lo que permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) a través de un paquete manipulado.

Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer. It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Two flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-07-26 CVE Reserved
2013-07-29 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/54178	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	Third Party Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8722	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17417	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-per.c?r1=49985&r2=49984&pathrev=49985	2017-09-19
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49985	2017-09-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html	2017-09-19
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html	2017-09-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2734	2017-09-19
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	2017-09-19
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-52.html	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4935	2014-03-31
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990179	2014-03-31

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.8.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.8.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.0"		-		Affected