CVE-2014-4174

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4174
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-18 16:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionwiretap/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
8808 – Packets with an on-the-network length > 64KB in pcap files cause read errors af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
9753 – Crash in libpcap file reader af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit
9390 – Failure reading a pcap-ng file and writing a pcap file from it af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2014-05 · Libpcap file parser crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
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