CVE-2014-6429

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The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10

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 properly handle empty input data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01894

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

wiresharkall versions

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD20 Sep 2014 · 10:55 AM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0426-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0653-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1098-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:1676Moderate
Show all 6 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2014:1677Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

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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

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