{"id":"DEBIAN-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":"2026-09-16T06:47:28.637901596Z","published":"2013-05-25T03:18:16.017Z","upstream":["CVE-2013-3557"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3557"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wireshark","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3557.json"}},{"package":{"name":"wireshark","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3557.json"}},{"package":{"name":"wireshark","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.7-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-3557.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}