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CVE-2013-3558
The dissect_ccp_bsdcomp_opt function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP CCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The dissect_ccp_bsdcomp_opt function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP CCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not terminate a bit-field list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 53425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0911 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 54425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201308-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1086 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8638 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2700 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-26.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0947 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=49214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=49214&r2=49213&pathrev=49214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1084 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-3493 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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