Resource Management Errors Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.10.10)[1.12.0, 1.12.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318419
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-6432  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.10.10, 1.12.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. 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.

CVSS Scores

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