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CVE-2013-3562

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-3562 describes multiple integer signedness errors in the Wireshark Websocket dissector (tvb_unmasked function in epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c) affecting versions 1.8.x before 1.8.7. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) through a specially crafted malformed packet. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts availability. The FAUCET Risk Score is 28/100, indicating a moderate risk. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and attention.

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

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-3562Low

wireshark: DoS (stack overflow, crash) in the Websocket dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-29, upstream #8448, #8499)

May 17, 2013

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk-1.8/epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c
Patch
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
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
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/53425
secunia.com / advisories/54425
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16696
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2700
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-29.html
Vendor Advisory