Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.10.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318066
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed1 Aug 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-5162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.10.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The read_new_line function in wiretap/catapult_dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' and '\r' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (off-by-one buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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