CVE-2013-3557: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.