CVE-2014-6430

wireshark: DOS Sniffer file parser flaw (wnpa-sec-2014-19)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 10, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not validate bitmask data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.4
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified