Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-4920
CVE-2013-4920
Description
The P1 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly initialize a global variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvcnvdPatch
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-42.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/54296nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/54425nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xmlnvd
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.htmlnvd
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17089nvd
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