CVE-2013-2484

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

Description

The CIMD dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

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-2013-2484

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-19.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.14.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

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