Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.8.2-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-WIRESHARK-11772793
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Mar 2013

Introduced: 7 Mar 2013

CVE-2013-2477  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 wireshark to version 1.8.2-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

The CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage function pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

CVSS Base Scores

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