CVE-2013-3557

wireshark: DoS (crash) in the ASN.1 BER dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-25, upstream #8599)

Published May 25, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2700-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-3492 The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:14 PM
Reserved
May 20, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 25, 2013, 3:18 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:55 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 17, 2013, 12:00 AM