CVE-2014-6431 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the SnifferDecompress function within Wireshark versions 1.10.x prior to 1.10.10 and 1.12.x prior to 1.12.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by crafting a malicious DOS Sniffer file that causes uncompressed data to be written beyond the allocated buffer. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only leading to an application crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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