CVE-2013-1576

Severity: low (CVSS 2.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-02-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The dissect_sdp_media_attribute function in epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly process crypto-suite parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5 (+12)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c?r1=46344&r2=46343&pathrev=46344
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46344
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8041
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16450
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c?r1=46344&r2=46343&pathrev=46344
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46344
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html

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