CVE-2014-4174
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.9% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4104)
- Published
- June 18, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4104 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/wiretap/libpcap.c?r1=53123&r2=53122&pathrev=53123(Patch)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53123
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-05.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9390(Exploit)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9753(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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