Buffer overflow in Wireshark
CVE-2014-6425
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 1.12.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
- secunia.com/advisories/61933 (third-party-advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60280 (third-party-advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-15.html
- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
- secunia.com/advisories/61929 (third-party-advisory)