CVE-2013-4921 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted packets due to an off-by-one error in the Radiotap 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-2013-4921?

CVE-2013-4921 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 29 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the dissect_radiotap function in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap.c in the Radiotap dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4921?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4921?

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-2013-4921 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4921 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4921, GHSA-rwc8-9996-jfp6.

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