CVE-2013-4080

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The dissect_r3_upstreamcommand_queryconfig function in epan/dissectors/packet-assa_r3.c in the Assa Abloy R3 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly handle a zero-length item, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5 (+2)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-assa_r3.c?r1=49744&r2=49743&pathrev=49744
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49744
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/53762
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60503
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-38.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8764
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16873

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