CVE-2013-4926

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2013-4926 · Published 30/07/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-4926 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 1.10.0`	No fix yet

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact.c in the DCOM ISystemActivator dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not properly determine whether there is remaining packet data to process, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dcom-sysact.c · Patch
anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/54296
secunia.com/advisories/54425
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17547
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-44.html · Vendor Advisory

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