CVE-2013-4082
N/A
Published: June 9, 2013 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxopenSUSEWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The vwr_read function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not validate the relationship between a record length and a trailer length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=49739&r2=49738&pathrev=49739
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49739
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709
References (12)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=49739&r2=49738&pathrev=49739x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49739Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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