CVE-2014-6424 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources

Severity

5.0MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.7%

top 28.06%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Wireshark Debian Wireshark

Timeline

PublishedSep 20

Latest updateMay 17

Description

The dissect_v9_v10_pdu_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-netflow.c in the Netflow dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 refers to incorrect offset and start variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1 (bookworm)

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1+3

▶NVDwireshark/wireshark11 versions+10

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-g2qv-xj2h-f4jm: The dissect_v9_v10_pdu_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-netflow↗2022-05-17

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OSV

CVE-2014-6424: The dissect_v9_v10_pdu_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-netflow↗2014-09-20

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📋Vendor Advisories

Red Hat

wireshark: Netflow dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-14)↗2014-08-13

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Debian

CVE-2014-6424: wireshark - The dissect_v9_v10_pdu_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-netflow.c in the ...↗2014

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2014-6424 wireshark: Netflow dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-14)↗2014-09-17

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Bugzilla

CVE-2014-6430 CVE-2014-6421 CVE-2014-6422 CVE-2014-6423 CVE-2014-6424 CVE-2014-6432 CVE-2014-6431 CVE-2014-6427 CVE-2014-6428 CVE-2014-6429 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2014-09-17

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