CVE-2013-4924 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedJul 30
Latest updateMay 17

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact.c in the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly validate certain index values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.10.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.10.1-1+3

Patches

Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gj37-6rv4-f232: epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-4924: epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact↗2013-07-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Assertion failure in the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-44)↗2013-07-26
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Debian
CVE-2013-4924: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact.c in the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector in W...↗2013
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4924 wireshark: Assertion failure in the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-44)↗2013-07-30
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Bugzilla
wireshark: 17 CVEs fixed within 1.10.1 version [fedora-19]↗2013-07-30
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