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CVE-2013-2478 (GCVE-0-2013-2478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-07 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:36
VLAI
Summary
The dissect_server_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-ms-mms.c in the MS-MMS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage string lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet that (1) triggers an integer overflow or (2) has embedded '\0' characters in a string.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2013-03-06 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:44:37+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2013-2478",
      "id": "CVE-2013-2478",
      "initial_release_date": "2013-03-06T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "5",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "wireshark: Crash in the MS-MMS dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-13, upstream bug 8382)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2013/cve-2013-2478.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-08-23T00:49:48Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2013-2478",
      "id": "CVE-2013-2478",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:38:23Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "165",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2013-2478",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2013-2478.json",
      "version": "12"
    }
  }
}



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