CVE-2013-7112

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The dissect_sip_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c in the SIP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.10.x before 1.10.4 does not check for empty lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite 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 (+10)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c?r1=51738&r2=51737&pathrev=51738
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=51738
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00014.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0342.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56285
http://secunia.com/advisories/56313
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:296
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-66.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9388

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