CVE-2013-4932 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted GSM packets due to array index errors in the GSM A Common 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-2013-4932?
CVE-2013-4932 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
Multiple array index errors in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM A Common dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4932?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4932?
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-2013-4932 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4932 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4932, GHSA-r37v-5fq8-pq28.