CVE-2013-4920
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
The P1 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted 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
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4765)
- Published
- July 30, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4765 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50083(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8826
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17089
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-42.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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