Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark DVB-CI Dissector

CVE-2013-4930 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The dissect_dvbci_tpdu_hdr function in epan/dissectors/packet-dvbci.c in the DVB-CI dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not validate a certain length value before decrementing it, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet.

Learn more about our Web Application Penetration Testing UK.