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CVE-2013-4076

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4076 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the PPP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.8, affecting various Debian and OpenSUSE distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) through a specially crafted packet. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to potential availability impact. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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
3.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0358 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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-2013-4076Moderate

wireshark: Invalid free in the PPP dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-34)

Jun 7, 2013

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
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
Vendor Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/53762
secunia.com / advisories/54425
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16676
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2709
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2013-34.html
Vendor Advisory