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CVE-2013-1579

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
03/02/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The rtps_util_add_bitmap function in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps.c in the RTPS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly implement certain nested loops for processing bitmap data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.90 LOW
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
2.90
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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