CVE-2013-4935

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% 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 dissect_per_length_determinant function in epan/dissectors/packet-per.c in the ASN.1 PER dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not initialize a length field in certain abnormal situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) 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-per.c?r1=49985&r2=49984&pathrev=49985
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49985
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54178
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2734
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html

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