CVE-2014-6431

Published: Sep 20, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (11)

Products: Wireshark: Wireshark

1 product

Configuration A

11 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.0
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.1
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.2
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.3
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.4
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.5
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.6
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.7
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.8
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.10.9
Wireshark Wireshark	Version 1.12.0

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (28)

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/60280

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/60578

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/61929

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/61933

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/60280

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/60578

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/61929

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/61933

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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