CVE-2013-4920 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.10.x prior to 1.10.1. The flaw resides in the P1 dissector, which fails to properly initialize a global variable, allowing remote attackers to crash the application via a specially crafted packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but its impact is limited to application availability (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The CVE has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public awareness or concern.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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