CVE-2014-2299 | Mend Vulnerability Database

Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2014-2299

CVE-2014-2299

Published:March 11, 2014

Updated:May 16, 2026

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.

Related Resources (18)

http://secunia.com/advisories/57480

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/104199

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33069

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2299

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2871

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9843

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029907

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-2299

http://secunia.com/advisories/57489

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66066

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0342.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126337/Wireshark-1.8.12-1.10.5-wiretap-mpeg.c-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-04.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2299

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f567435ac7140c96a5de56dbce3d5e7659af4d09

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00047.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00046.html

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CVSS v3

Base Score:

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:

9.3

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

EPSS

Base Score:

66.92