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Use of Externally-Controlled Format String The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wireshark  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-WIRESHARK-636243
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed25 May 2013
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Introduced: 25 May 2013

CVE-2013-3560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The dissect_dsmcc_un_download function in epan/dissectors/packet-mpeg-dsmcc.c in the MPEG DSM-CC dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 uses an incorrect format string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

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