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CVE-2013-3561

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-3561 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in Wireshark versions 1.8.x before 1.8.7, affecting various Linux distributions and Wireshark itself. These flaws, specifically within the Websocket, MySQL, and ETCH dissectors, can be triggered by remote attackers sending specially crafted packets. The vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact of denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.8.10-4.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-3561Low

wireshark: Multiple Denial of Service flaws

May 17, 2013

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-etch.c
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mysql.c
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/53425
secunia.com / advisories/54425
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16755
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-29.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-30.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-31.html
Vendor Advisory