CVE-2013-4081

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% 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 http_payload_subdissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-http.c in the HTTP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly determine when to use a recursive approach, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0
Opensuse: 11.4, 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 (+18)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-http.c?r1=49623&r2=49622&pathrev=49623
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49623
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/53762
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60505
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.16.html

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