CVE-2014-6428 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted packets due to uninitialized variables in the SES dissector, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-6428?
CVE-2014-6428 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 20 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6428?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6428?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-6428 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6428 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6428, GHSA-r2fw-54pj-g46j.