CVE-2014-6432

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.641

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Wireshark x64 1.10.10Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Wireshark x64 1.12.1Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Wireshark for Mac 1.12.1Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Wireshark for Mac 1.10.10Mac
(RHSA-2014:1677) Moderate: wireshark security update wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2014:1677) Moderate: wireshark security update wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2014:1677) Moderate: wireshark security update wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2014:1677) Moderate: wireshark security update wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-338541Wireshark (3.6.24)
PATCH-338541Wireshark (3.6.24)
PATCH-612949WireShark for Mac (4.6.2)
PATCH-612949WireShark for Mac (4.6.2)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234