CVE-2013-1589 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via malformed packets due to a double free vulnerability in the dissection engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1589?
CVE-2013-1589 is a low-severity use after free 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
Double free vulnerability in epan/proto.c in the dissection engine in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1589?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1589?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2013-1589 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1589 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1589, GHSA-42xp-cpcp-hvvm.