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Wireshark : CVE-2013-2484 : CIMD dissector crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2013-2484 : CIMD dissector crash

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/07/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_6_14
  • wireshark-upgrade-1_8_6

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