CVE-2014-6428

wireshark: SES dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-18)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 7, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The dissect_spdu function in epan/dissectors/packet-ses.c in the SES dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not initialize a certain ID value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-456 · Missing Initialization of a Variable