CVE-2013-4935

wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the ASN.1 PER dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-52)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · July 26, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

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 not specified