wireshark: Multiple Denial of Service flaws
Published May 25, 2013
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.38%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop or application crash) via a malformed packet, related to a crash of the Websocket dissector, an infinite loop in the MySQL dissector, and a large loop in the ETCH dissector.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1569
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1569 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
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:C
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 1, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.38% (0.02383) | 83.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02403) | 81.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.52% (0.01522) | 79.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.13% (0.04133) | 80.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01479) | 79.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00199) | 58.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00199) | 56.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-etch.c?r1=48919&r2=48918&pathrev=48919 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mysql.c?r1=48894&r2=48893&pathrev=48894 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c?r1=48336&r2=48335&pathrev=48336 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48336 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48894 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48919 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://secunia.com/advisories/53425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-29.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-30.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-31.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3561 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8448 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8458 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8464 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966331 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3561
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16755 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3561
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