CVE-2013-6340

wireshark: TCP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2013-65)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · November 1, 2013

Updated · January 8, 2026

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.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

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