CVE-2013-2482 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedMar 7
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The AMPQ dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 6.5 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.8.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.8.6-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark20 versions+19
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse4 versions+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7q97-wv79-6v4j: The AMPQ dissector in Wireshark 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2013-2482: The AMPQ dissector in Wireshark 1↗2013-03-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Infinite loop in the AMPQ dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-17, upstream bug 8337)↗2013-03-06
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Debian
CVE-2013-2482: wireshark - The AMPQ dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allow...↗2013
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-2478 CVE-2013-2480 CVE-2013-2481 CVE-2013-2482 CVE-2013-2483 CVE-2013-2484 CVE-2013-2485 CVE-2013-2488 wireshark various flaws [fedora-17]↗2013-03-08
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Bugzilla
wireshark various flaws (fixed in upstream 1.8.6 version) [fedora-18]↗2013-03-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-2482 wireshark: Infinite loop in the AMPQ dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-17, upstream bug 8337)↗2013-03-07
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