CVE-2013-4082

medium
Published 2013-06-09 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The vwr_read function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not validate the relationship between a record length and a trailer length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
12.3 Affected โ€”
12.2 Affected โ€”
11.4 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Mixed 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.10.0-1
sid Fixed 1.10.0-1
forky Fixed 1.10.0-1
bullseye Fixed 1.10.0-1
bookworm Fixed 1.10.0-1
7.0 Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.8.0
wiresharkwireshark1.8.1
wiresharkwireshark1.8.2
wiresharkwireshark1.8.3
wiresharkwireshark1.8.4
wiresharkwireshark1.8.5
wiresharkwireshark1.8.6
wiresharkwireshark1.8.7

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.