Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,1.8.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318501
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed7 Mar 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Mar 2013

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

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.8.6 or higher.

Overview

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

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