CVE-2013-6338

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2013-6338 · Published 04/11/2013 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-6338 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 76.9% 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= 1.10.1= 1.10.2= 1.8.0= 1.8.1= 1.8.10= 1.8.2= 1.8.3= 1.8.4= 1.8.5= 1.8.6= 1.8.7= 1.8.8= 1.8.9`	No fix yet

Description

The dissect_sip_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-sip.c in the SIP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.11 and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

References

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