CVE-2013-3557
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-3492)
- Published
- May 25, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-3492 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944(Patch)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599(Exploit)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521
- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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