wireshark: DoS (crash) in the ASN.1 BER dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-25, upstream #8599)
Published May 25, 2013
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.32%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.11
- 1.6.12
- 1.6.13
- 1.6.14
Configuration 2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:1.0.15-6.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0341
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1569
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:1.0.15-6.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0341 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1569 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.32% (0.03320) | 88.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.26% (0.03257) | 86.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.18% (0.04180) | 87.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.54% (0.07541) | 86.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 4.18% (0.04180) | 87.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.35% (0.02350) | 83.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00690) | 80.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00690) | 79.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.69% (0.00690) | 77.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3557 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965193 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3557
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3557
- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
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