CVE-2014-6431

Buffer overflow in the SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file...

5.0 MediumFix available

Buffer overflow in the SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file that triggers writes of uncompressed bytes beyond the end of the output buffer.

Exploit likelihood

3.41%Down 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Record: CVE-2014-6431
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2014-6431
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2014-6311 No score

Record: EUVD-2014-6311
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-92p5-pxx8-rcmg No score

Buffer overflow in the SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file...

Record: GHSA-92p5-pxx8-rcmg
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2014-6431
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-6431 No score

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6431
Updated: 2026-11-02

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OSVMGASA-2014-0386 No score

Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities:

RTP dissector crash (CVE-2014-6421, CVE-2014-6422).

MEGACO dissector infinite loop (CVE-2014-6423).

Netflow dissector crash (CVE-2014-6424).

RTSP dissector crash (CVE-2014-6427).

SES dissector crash (CVE-2014-6428).

Sniffer file parser crash (CVE-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432).

Record: MGASA-2014-0386
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 No score

wireshark-2.2.2-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the wireshark-2.2.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0426-1 No score

Security update for wireshark

wireshark has been updated to version 1.10.11 to fix five security issues.

These security issues have been fixed:

* SigComp UDVM buffer overflow (CVE-2014-8710).
* AMQP dissector crash (CVE-2014-8711).
* NCP dissector crashes (CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713).
* TN5250 infinite loops (CVE-2014-8714).

This non-security issue has been fixed:

* enable zlib (bnc#899303).

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.11.html https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.11.html

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-8711
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8711>
* CVE-2014-8710
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8710>
* CVE-2014-8714
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8714>
* CVE-2014-8712
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8712>
* CVE-2014-8713
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8713>

Record: SUSE-SU-2015:0426-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0653-1 No score

Security update for wireshark

wireshark has been updated to version 1.10.11 to fix five security issues.

These security issues have been fixed:

* SigComp UDVM buffer overflow (CVE-2014-8710).
* AMQP dissector crash (CVE-2014-8711).
* NCP dissector crashes (CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713).
* TN5250 infinite loops (CVE-2014-8714).

This non-security issue has been fixed:

* enable zlib (bnc#899303).

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.11.html https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.11.html

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-8711
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8711>
* CVE-2014-8710
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8710>
* CVE-2014-8714
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8714>
* CVE-2014-8712
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8712>
* CVE-2014-8713
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8713>

Record: SUSE-SU-2015:0653-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1098-1 No score

Security update for wireshark

wireshark has been updated to version 1.10.11 to fix five security issues.

These security issues have been fixed:

* SigComp UDVM buffer overflow (CVE-2014-8710).
* AMQP dissector crash (CVE-2014-8711).
* NCP dissector crashes (CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713).
* TN5250 infinite loops (CVE-2014-8714).

This non-security issue has been fixed:

* enable zlib (bnc#899303).

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.11.html https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.11.html

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-8711
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8711>
* CVE-2014-8710
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8710>
* CVE-2014-8714
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8714>
* CVE-2014-8712
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8712>
* CVE-2014-8713
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8713>

Record: SUSE-SU-2015:1098-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-6431 No score

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6431
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

wireshark

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`wireshark` Debian:12	before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1	1.12.1+g01b65bf-1
`wireshark` Debian:13	before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1	1.12.1+g01b65bf-1
`wireshark` Debian:14	before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1	1.12.1+g01b65bf-1
`wireshark` Debian:6.0 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs	before 1.8.2-5wheezy15~deb6u1, plus listed versions 1.2.11-61.2.11-6+squeeze11.2.11-6+squeeze101.2.11-6+squeeze111.2.11-6+squeeze12 Show 45 moreShow less 1.2.11-6+squeeze131.2.11-6+squeeze141.2.11-6+squeeze151.2.11-6+squeeze21.2.11-6+squeeze41.2.11-6+squeeze51.2.11-6+squeeze61.2.11-6+squeeze71.2.11-6+squeeze81.2.11-6+squeeze91.4.0-11.4.0~rc2-11.4.0~rc2-21.4.1-11.4.2-11.4.2-21.4.2-31.4.3-11.4.3-21.4.3-31.4.4-11.4.5-11.4.6-11.5.0-11.5.1-11.6.0-11.6.0-21.6.1-11.6.2-11.6.3-11.6.4-11.6.5-11.6.5-21.6.6-11.6.7-11.6.8-11.8.0-11.8.0~rc1-11.8.2-11.8.2-21.8.2-51.8.2-5wheezy11.8.2-5wheezy101.8.2-5wheezy111.8.2-5wheezy12	1.8.2-5wheezy15~deb6u1
`wireshark` Debian:7 From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 1.8.2-5wheezy12, plus listed versions 1.8.2-5wheezy101.8.2-5wheezy111.8.2-5wheezy21.8.2-5wheezy31.8.2-5wheezy4 Show 5 moreShow less 1.8.2-5wheezy51.8.2-5wheezy61.8.2-5wheezy71.8.2-5wheezy81.8.2-5wheezy9	1.8.2-5wheezy12
`wireshark` Mageia:3 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 1.10.10-1.mga3	1.10.10-1.mga3
`wireshark` Mageia:4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs	before 1.10.10-1.mga4	1.10.10-1.mga4
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`wireshark-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.8.10-8.el6_6	0:1.8.10-8.el6_6
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 12 CVEs	before 0:1.10.3-12.el7_0	0:1.10.3-12.el7_0
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark-gnome` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 9 CVEs	before 0:1.0.15-7.el5_11	0:1.0.15-7.el5_11
`wireshark` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 262 CVEs	before 2.2.2-1.1	2.2.2-1.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	affected
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-6431 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Wireshark, published September 20, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.41%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 1.12.1+g01b65bf-1.

References

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