CVE-2013-7112

wireshark: SIP dissector could go into an infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2013-66)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 17, 2013

Updated · January 8, 2026

Description

The dissect_sip_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c in the SIP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.12 and 1.10.x before 1.10.4 does not check for empty lines, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) 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')