wireshark: Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2013-54, upstream bug 8827)
Published Sep 13, 2013
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.88%
Description
The Bluetooth HCI ACL dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.2 does not properly maintain a certain free list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that is not properly handled by the wmem_block_alloc function in epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
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:M/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01878) | 78.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.87% (0.01870) | 76.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00205) | 40.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00468) | 76.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00468) | 74.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.47% (0.00468) | 71.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=51130 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5717 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8827 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007177 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5717
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19030 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5717
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-54.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=51130 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5717 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8827 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007177 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5717 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19030 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5717 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-54.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory |
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