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CVE-2013-1590

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1590 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the NTLMSSP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.13 and 1.8.x prior to 1.8.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted, malformed packet, leading to an application crash. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.9, indicating an attack vector requiring adjacent network access and medium attack complexity, with the primary impact being availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 122 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-2013-1590Moderate

wireshark: Buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-09)

Jan 29, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00028.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00037.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16004
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2625
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-09.html
Vendor Advisory