CVE-2014-6431
Wireshark DOS Sniffer Buffer Overflow
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 20, 2014, 10:55 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676 Added Reference http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677 Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60280 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60578 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61929 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61933 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049 Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461 Added Reference https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 22, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-6431 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-6431
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.84 }} -0.43%
score
0.81340
percentile