CVE-2013-2478

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    CVE-2013-2478

    Published: 7 Mar 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_server_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c in the MS-MMS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet that (1) triggers an integer overflow or (2) has embedded '\0' characters in a string.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/52471, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2644, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-13.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8382, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.8/epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c?r1=47981&r2=47980&pathrev=47981, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=47981, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.14.html, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16447

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High