CVE-2013-6338

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    CVE-2013-6338

    Published: 4 Nov 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_sip_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c in the SIP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.11 and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0342.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2792, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-63.html, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c?r1=52354&r2=52353&pathrev=52354, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=52354, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9228, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00026.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00027.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19145

    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
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