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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 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.

    Published:Sep 10, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Sep 20, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.01527
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Wireshark
    Product
    Wireshark

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
    http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60578
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461
    https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2
    http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
    http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60578
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-19.html
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10461
    https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47c592938ba9f0caeacc4c2ccadb370e72f293a2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High