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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.