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CVE-2014-6432

Public on 2014-09-20
Modified on 2014-11-11
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 wireshark 2014-11-11 10:27 ALAS-2014-446

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P