CVE-2014-6432

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

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 does not prevent data overwrites during copy operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

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 does not prevent data overwrites during copy operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Wireshark

First reported 10 years ago

2014-09-20 10:55:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-11-05 08:28:00

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.10.0

1.10.0

Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.1

1.10.1

Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.2

1.10.2

Wireshark 1.10.3

1.10.3

Wireshark 1.10.4

1.10.4

Wireshark 1.10.5

1.10.5

Wireshark 1.10.6

1.10.6

Wireshark 1.10.7

1.10.7

Wireshark 1.10.8

1.10.8

Wireshark 1.10.9

1.10.9

Wireshark 1.12.0

1.12.0

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