CVE-2014-4174

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-06-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/wiretap/libpcap.c?r1=53123&r2=53122&pathrev=53123
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53123
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-05.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9390
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9753
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/wiretap/libpcap.c?r1=53123&r2=53122&pathrev=53123
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53123
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-05.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9390
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9753

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