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Vulnerability details: VCID-fwd5-k1sy-3qgh
Vulnerability ID VCID-fwd5-k1sy-3qgh
Aliases CVE-2013-4078
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
epss 0.01866 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4078
Reference id Reference type URL
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45566
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=46158
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00194.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00196.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2013-4078.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-4078
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7862
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8729
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4074
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4075
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4076
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4077
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4078
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4081
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4082
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4083
http://secunia.com/advisories/53762
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16936
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.8.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-36.html
711918 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=711918
972683 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972683
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2013-4078 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4078
GLSA-201308-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-05
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4078
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

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.83011
EPSS Score 0.01866
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:03:19.686304+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-05 38.0.0