CVE-2014-2299

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    CVE-2014-2299

    Published: 11 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large record in MPEG data.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0342.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/57480, http://secunia.com/advisories/57489, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2871, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-04.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9843, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00046.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00047.html, http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/104199, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126337/Wireshark-1.8.12-1.10.5-wiretap-mpeg.c-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33069, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66066, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029907, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f567435ac7140c96a5de56dbce3d5e7659af4d09

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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