CVE-2014-6421

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    CVE-2014-6421

    Published: 20 Sept 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in the SDP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that leverages split memory ownership between the SDP and RTP dissectors.

    References: 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/61929, http://secunia.com/advisories/61933, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9920, 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://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-12.html, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04c05a21e34cec326f1aff2f5f8a6e74e1ced984

    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