CVE-2013-2481: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.9. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer signedness error in the dissect_mount_dirpath_call function in epan/dissectors/packet-mount.c in the Mount dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6, when nfs_file_name_snooping is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative length value.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 6.0 only
  • Opensuse Opensuse: version 11.4 only; version 12.1 only; version 12.2 only; version 12.3 only
  • Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.8.0 only; version 1.8.1 only; version 1.8.2 only; version 1.8.3 only; version 1.8.4 only; version 1.8.5 only; …

Published 2013-03-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.