Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.12.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318536
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-6425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.12.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The (1) get_quoted_string and (2) get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups.c in the CUPS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a CUPS packet that lacks a trailing '\0' character.

CVSS Scores

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