CVE-2013-5720

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: 2013-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the RTPS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.10 and 1.10.x before 1.10.2 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 (+6)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00052.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54812
http://secunia.com/advisories/55022
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2756
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9019
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18416
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-57.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00052.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54812
http://secunia.com/advisories/55022

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