{"id":"CVE-2013-3557","details":"The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.","modified":"2026-04-16T01:40:14.747248650Z","published":"2013-05-25T03:18:16Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:11:40.277280Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0426-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0653-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1098-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/53425"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/54425"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2700"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:172"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-25.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c?r1=48944&r2=48943&pathrev=48944"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=48944"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00048.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00083.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16521"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}