CVE-2013-4929

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-07-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The parseFields function in epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c in the DIS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not terminate packet-data processing after finding zero remaining bytes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) 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 (+4)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c?r1=50450&r2=50449&pathrev=50450
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50450
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8911
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17028

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