CVE-2013-1587

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

Description

The dissect_rohc_ir_packet function in epan/dissectors/packet-rohc.c in the ROHC dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle unknown profiles, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) 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-rohc.c?r1=44700&r2=44699&pathrev=44700
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44700
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-2013-06.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7679
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16462
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-rohc.c?r1=44700&r2=44699&pathrev=44700
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44700
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-2013-06.html

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