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CVE-2014-6431
Buffer overflow in the SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.4%
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Description
Buffer overflow in the SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file that triggers writes of uncompressed bytes beyond the end of the output buffer.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (14)
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61933 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1676 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 60280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60578 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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