CVE-2013-7113

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% 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

epan/dissectors/packet-bssgp.c in the BSSGP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.4 incorrectly relies on a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/epan/dissectors/packet-bssgp.c?r1=53803&r2=53802&pathrev=53803
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53803
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00011.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56052
http://secunia.com/advisories/56313
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2825
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-67.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9488
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/epan/dissectors/packet-bssgp.c?r1=53803&r2=53802&pathrev=53803
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53803
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00007.html

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