CVE-2013-2478

Severity

32%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

48%

The dissect_server_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c in the MS-MMS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet that (1) triggers an integer overflow or (2) has embedded '\0' characters in a string.

The dissect_server_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c in the MS-MMS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet that (1) triggers an integer overflow or (2) has embedded '\0' characters in a string.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 11 years ago

2013-03-07 15:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 7.0

7.0

OpenSUSE 11.4

11.4

OpenSUSE 12.1

12.1

OpenSUSE 12.2

12.2

OpenSUSE 12.3

12.3

Wireshark 1.6.0

1.6.0

Wireshark 1.6.1

1.6.1

Wireshark 1.6.2

1.6.2

Wireshark 1.6.3

1.6.3

Wireshark 1.6.4

1.6.4

Wireshark 1.6.5

1.6.5

Wireshark 1.6.6

1.6.6

Wireshark 1.6.7

1.6.7

Wireshark 1.6.8

1.6.8

Wireshark 1.6.9

1.6.9

Wireshark 1.6.10

1.6.10

Wireshark 1.6.11

1.6.11

Wireshark 1.6.12

1.6.12

Wireshark 1.6.13

1.6.13

Wireshark 1.8.0

1.8.0

Wireshark 1.8.1

1.8.1

Wireshark 1.8.2

1.8.2

Wireshark 1.8.3

1.8.3

Wireshark 1.8.4

1.8.4

Wireshark 1.8.5

1.8.5

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