Buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2014-4174
Published: June 18, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41544
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4174
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
wiretap/libpcap.c in the libpcap file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted packet-trace file that includes a large packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4174
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/wiretap/libpcap.c?r1=53123&r2=53122&pathrev=53123
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53123
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-05.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9390
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9753