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CVE-2014-2281

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2281 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6. A flaw in the NFS dissector's nfs_name_snoop_add_name function allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and an application crash by sending a specially crafted NFS packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity with no authentication required, leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0296 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.15-6.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.8.10-7.el6_5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2281Moderate

wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-01)

Mar 7, 2014

References

anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c
Patch
anonsvn.wireshark.org / viewvc
Patch
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00046.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00047.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0342.html
blogs.oracle.com / sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark10
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/57480
secunia.com / advisories/57489
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2871
securitytracker.com / id/1029907
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2014-01.html
Vendor Advisory