CVE-2014-4020
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 18, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 11, 2014
Description
The dissect_frame function in epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c in the frame metadissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.8 interprets a negative integer as a length value even though it was intended to represent an error condition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10030
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9999
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0836vendor-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=beb119f911a698d44f4baa06d888bb1e775983bc
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-07.html
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