CVE-2013-1585 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via malformed MS-MMC packets due to improper length validation in the dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1585?
CVE-2013-1585 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 3 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
epan/tvbuff.c in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly validate certain length values for the MS-MMC dissector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1585?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1585?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-1585 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1585 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1585, GHSA-j7rv-hqg5-gqc2.