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Vulnerability details: VCID-3nrf-sf8z-nbbu
Vulnerability ID VCID-3nrf-sf8z-nbbu
Aliases CVE-2013-2479
Summary wireshark: Infinite loop in the MPLS Echo dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-14, upstream bug 8039)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 1.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
System Score Found at
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
epss 0.01119 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
cvssv2 3.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2479
Reference id Reference type URL
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mpls-echo.c?r1=46391&r2=46390&pathrev=46391
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46391
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00077.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2013-2479.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-2479
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8039
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2479
http://secunia.com/advisories/52471
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16376
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.6.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-14.html
919135 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919135
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2013-2479 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2479
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2479
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.78176
EPSS Score 0.01119
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:52:12.933556+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2013-2479.json 38.0.0