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CVE-2013-4935 Details

Description

The dissect_per_length_determinant function in epan/dissectors/packet-per.c in the ASN.1 PER dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not initialize a length field in certain abnormal situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-per.c?r1=49985&r2=49984&pathrev=49985	CVE	Patch
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49985	CVE	Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html	CVE
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8722	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/54178	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17417	CVE
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-52.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2734	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html	CVE
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-per.c?r1=49985&r2=49984&pathrev=49985	[email protected]	Patch
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49985	[email protected]	Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html	[email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8722	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/54178	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17417	[email protected]
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-52.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2734	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.8.0 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.8.0

1.8.1

1.8.2

1.8.3

1.8.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 30, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]