CVE-2013-1578

LowCVSS 2.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The dissect_pw_eth_heuristic function in epan/dissectors/packet-pw-eth.c in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle apparent Ethernet address values at the beginning of MPLS data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a malformed packet.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.9/10AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 3, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-1578: Low severity, CVSS 2.9 | Vulnix