CVE-2013-2478 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.14 and 1.8.x prior to 1.8.6, specifically within the MS-MMS dissector. An attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed packet that triggers an integer overflow or contains embedded null characters, leading to an application crash. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating it requires adjacent network access, has low attack complexity, and only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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