CVE-2014-6431
EPSS 2.0%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-6431
To remediate CVE-2014-6431, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-6431 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1