CVE-2013-2478

low
Published 2013-03-07 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

Description

The dissect_server_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c in the MS-MMS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet that (1) triggers an integer overflow or (2) has embedded '\0' characters in a string.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2478

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-13.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse11.4affected
suse suse12.1affected
suse suse12.2affected
suse suse12.3affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.8.2-5
debian debianbullseyefixed1.8.2-5
debian debianforkyfixed1.8.2-5
debian debiansidfixed1.8.2-5
debian debiantrixiefixed1.8.2-5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.6.0
wiresharkwireshark1.6.1
wiresharkwireshark1.6.2
wiresharkwireshark1.6.3
wiresharkwireshark1.6.4
wiresharkwireshark1.6.5
wiresharkwireshark1.6.6
wiresharkwireshark1.6.7
wiresharkwireshark1.6.8
wiresharkwireshark1.6.9
wiresharkwireshark1.6.10
wiresharkwireshark1.6.11
wiresharkwireshark1.6.12
wiresharkwireshark1.6.13
wiresharkwireshark1.8.0
wiresharkwireshark1.8.1
wiresharkwireshark1.8.2
wiresharkwireshark1.8.3
wiresharkwireshark1.8.4
wiresharkwireshark1.8.5

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.