CVE-2014-4174
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.93% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/wiretap/libpcap.c?r1=53123&r2=53122&pathrev=53123Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53123
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-05.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9390Exploit
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9753Exploit
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/wiretap/libpcap.c?r1=53123&r2=53122&pathrev=53123Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53123
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-05.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9390Exploit
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9753Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.