CVE-2013-2479

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The dissect_mpls_echo_tlv_dd_map function in epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c in the MPLS Echo dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via invalid Sub-tlv data.

Affected products

Opensuse: 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c?r1=46391&r2=46390&pathrev=46391
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46391
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52471
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-14.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8039
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16376
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c?r1=46391&r2=46390&pathrev=46391
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46391
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html

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