CVE-2013-2488

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    CVE-2013-2488

    Published: 7 Mar 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The DTLS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not validate the fragment offset before invoking the reassembly state machine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large offset value that triggers write access to an invalid memory location.

    References: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48011, http://secunia.com/advisories/52471, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2644, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.14.html, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-22.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8380, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16672

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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