CVE-2014-6426
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD
The dissect_hip_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c in the HIP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly handle a NULL tree, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-6306)
- Published
- September 20, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-6306 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d9e5021fe79973d00ddd8fcef0bbefbaae63dd0f
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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