Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,wireshark-1.8.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318112
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Jun 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jun 2013

CVE-2013-4082  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version wireshark-1.8.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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