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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-05-25T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:14:56.167Z

Reserved: 2013-05-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-3557

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-05-25T03:18:16.017

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:27:34.373

Link: CVE-2013-3557

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-3557 - Bugzilla