5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2013-4931
Wireshark GSM RR Denial of Service
Description

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted packet that is not properly handled by the GSM RR dissector.

INFO

Published Date :

July 30, 2013, 12:56 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Source :

cve@mitre.org

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-4931 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wireshark wireshark
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-4931.

URL Resource
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/proto.c?r1=50504&r2=50503&pathrev=50504 Patch
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50504 Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8923
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17325
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-49.html Vendor Advisory
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/proto.c?r1=50504&r2=50503&pathrev=50504 Patch
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50504 Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
http://secunia.com/advisories/54371
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8923
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17325
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-49.html Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-4931 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-4931 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/proto.c?r1=50504&r2=50503&pathrev=50504
    Added Reference http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=50504
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00009.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/54296
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/54371
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
    Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.1.html
    Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.9.html
    Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8923
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17325
    Added Reference https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-49.html
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17325 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17325 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Jul. 30, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-4931 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-4931 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.50 }} -2.06%

score

0.79405

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability