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CVE-2013-2479

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2479 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the MPLS Echo dissector of Wireshark versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.6, specifically affecting the dissect_mpls_echo_tlv_dd_map function when processing invalid Sub-tlv data. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low severity, with an adjacent network attack vector and potential for 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
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
6.5
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 94 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, 0.0 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-2013-2479Low

wireshark: Infinite loop in the MPLS Echo dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-14, upstream bug 8039)

Mar 6, 2013

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/52471
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16376
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-14.html
Vendor Advisory