CVE-2014-6425 — 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 BufferCWE-228 — Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid StructureCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The (1) get_quoted_string and (2) get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups.c in the CUPS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a CUPS packet that lacks a trailing '\0' character.

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-75mm-8952-gf7g: The (1) get_quoted_string and (2) get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-6425: The (1) get_quoted_string and (2) get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups↗2014-09-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: CUPS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-15)↗2014-08-07
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Debian
CVE-2014-6425: wireshark - The (1) get_quoted_string and (2) get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissecto...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-6425 wireshark: CUPS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-15) [fedora-all]↗2014-10-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-6425 wireshark: CUPS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-15)↗2014-09-17
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