CVE-2013-4933 — 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 Buffer10 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedJul 30
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The netmon_open function in wiretap/netmon.c in the Netmon file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet-trace file.

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
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark10 versions+9

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x3q2-rj77-346x: The netmon_open function in wiretap/netmon↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-4933: The netmon_open function in wiretap/netmon↗2013-07-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the Netmon file parser (wnpa-sec-2013-51)↗2013-07-26
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Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the Netmon file parser (wnpa-sec-2013-51) (A different flaw than CVE-2013-4933)↗2013-07-26
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Debian
CVE-2013-4933: wireshark - The netmon_open function in wiretap/netmon.c in the Netmon file parser in Wiresh...↗2013
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4934 wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the Netmon file parser (wnpa-sec-2013-51) (A different flaw than CVE-2013-4933)↗2013-07-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4933 wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the Netmon file parser (wnpa-sec-2013-51)↗2013-07-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4920 CVE-2013-4934 CVE-2013-4928 CVE-2013-4929 CVE-2013-4931 CVE-2013-4930 CVE-2013-4933 CVE-2013-4932 CVE-2013-4935 CVE-2013-4927 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-18]↗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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