Buffer overflow in 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file that triggers writes of uncompressed bytes beyond the end of the output buffer.
CVE-2014-6431 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from wireshark organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2014-09-20T10:55:06.620
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.0 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.1 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.2 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.3 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.4 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.5 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.6 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.7 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.8 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.10.9 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.12.0 | Yes |
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