4.3

CVE-2013-6340: wireshark Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-6340DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6340
Published 04-11-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-6340 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 1.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.67%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
DSA-2792-1MGASA-2013-0347OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1RHSA-2014:0342

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c in the TCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.11 and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not properly determine the amount of remaining data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.67% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.67%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.10.3-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 1.10.3-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL1.8.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.6 | 1.8.7 | 1.8.8 | 1.8.9 | 1.8.10 | 1.10.0 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2

3 vendors · 3 products

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