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CVE-2013-1574

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1574 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5. An incorrect data type in the Bluetooth HCI dissector's dissect_bthci_eir_ad_data function allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop via a malformed packet. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.9, indicating a low severity with an adjacent network attack vector and partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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

2.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
5.5
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 122 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 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1574Low

wireshark: Infinite loop in the Bluetooth HCI dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-01, bug 8038)

Jan 29, 2013

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-bthci_cmd.c
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16323
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-01.html
Vendor Advisory