CVE-2013-3556: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The fragment_add_seq_common function in epan/reassemble.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark before r48943 has an incorrect pointer dereference during a comparison, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 11.4 only; version 12.2 only; version 12.3 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.6.0 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 1.6.2 only; version 1.6.3 only; version 1.6.4 only; version 1.6.5 only; …

Published 2013-05-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.