CVE-2014-6425
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
The (1) get_quoted_string and (2) get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups.c in the CUPS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a CUPS packet that lacks a trailing '\0' character.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.81%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
- Score date: 10/9/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-15.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10353
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c10396dbbf782a576bc1f9a931cf86090cec3878
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-15.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10353
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c10396dbbf782a576bc1f9a931cf86090cec3878
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