CVE-2013-4081

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    CVE-2013-4081

    Published: 9 Jun 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The http_payload_subdissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-http.c in the HTTP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8 does not properly determine when to use a recursive approach, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted packet.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/53762, http://secunia.com/advisories/54425, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.16.html, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-39.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8733, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-http.c?r1=49623&r2=49622&pathrev=49623, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49623, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60505, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16820

    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