CVE-2013-2488

wireshark: Crash in the DTLS dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-22, upstream bug 8380)

Published Mar 7, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The DTLS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not validate the fragment offset before invoking the reassembly state machine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large offset value that triggers write access to an invalid memory location.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2644-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-2434 The DTLS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not validate the fragment offset before invoking the reassembly state machine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large offset value that triggers write access to an invalid memory location.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:36 PM
Reserved
Mar 6, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 7, 2013, 3:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:53 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 6, 2013, 12:00 AM