Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.10.11)[1.12.0, 1.12.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318551
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed23 Nov 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-8710  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.10.11, 1.12.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The decompress_sigcomp_message function in epan/sigcomp-udvm.c in the SigComp UDVM dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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