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DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6431
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6431
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | wireshark | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | wireshark | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | wireshark | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | wireshark | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 20, 2014 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated