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.

How to fix CVE-2014-6432

To remediate CVE-2014-6432, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1 or later

Is CVE-2014-6432 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6432