CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2014-2299
HIGHEPSS 99th pctl9.3
CVSS v2
Description
Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large record in MPEG data.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
47.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days
99thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00046.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00047.html
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/104199
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126337/Wireshark-1.8.12-1.10.5-wiretap-mpeg.c-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0342.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57489
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2871
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33069
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66066
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029907
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-04.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9843
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f567435ac7140c96a5de56dbce3d5e7659af4d09
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