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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-09-20T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:17:23.713Z

Reserved: 2014-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-6431

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-20T10:55:06.620

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:21:02.210

Link: CVE-2014-6431

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-6431 - Bugzilla