CVE-2013-4081

wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the HTTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-39)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 7, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')