# CVE-2013-2488: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by sending crafted DTLS packets with invalid fragment offsets, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2488, GHSA-pcxx-29j4-gxjh

## What is CVE-2013-2488?

CVE-2013-2488 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The DTLS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not validate the fragment offset before invoking the reassembly state machine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large offset value that triggers write access to an invalid memory location.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2488?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Wireshark Wireshark.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2488?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2013-2488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2488 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2488

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