CVE-2013-4079 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-835 — Infinite Loop7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedJun 9
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The dissect_schedule_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_cbch.c in the GSM CBCH dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.10.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.10.0-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark8 versions+7
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse11.4, 12.2, 12.3+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gv8v-8xc6-f9jw: The dissect_schedule_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_cbch↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2013-4079: The dissect_schedule_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_cbch↗2013-06-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (infinite loop, application hang) in the GSM CBCH dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-37)↗2013-06-07
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Debian
CVE-2013-4079: wireshark - The dissect_schedule_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_cbch.c in th...↗2013
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4074 CVE-2013-4075 CVE-2013-4076 CVE-2013-4077 CVE-2013-4078 CVE-2013-4079 CVE-2013-4080 CVE-2013-4081 CVE-2013-4082 CVE-2013-4083 wireshark various flaws [fedora-18]↗2013-06-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4079 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop, application hang) in the GSM CBCH dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-37)↗2013-06-10
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