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CVE-2013-4074

63
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4074 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CAPWAP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.6.x before 1.6.16 and 1.8.x before 1.8.8, affecting various Debian and openSUSE distributions. An attacker can trigger an application crash by sending a specially crafted packet due to incorrect error handling. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV: No), a Metasploit module exists, and its FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 suggests a high potential for exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
60.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Wireshark CAPWAP Dissector DoS · Apr 28, 2014
ExploitDB: EDB-33556 · May 28, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6064 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4074Low

wireshark: DoS (crash) in the CAPWAP dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-32)

Jun 7, 2013

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
osvdb.org / show/osvdb/94091
packetstormsecurity.com / files/126848/Wireshark-CAPWAP-Dissector-Denial-Of-Service.html
Exploit
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/53762
secunia.com / advisories/54425
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16698
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2709
exploit-db.com / exploits/33556
Exploit
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.16.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-32.html
Vendor Advisory