CVE-2014-2281

medium
Published 2014-03-11 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.3

Description

The nfs_name_snoop_add_name function in epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 does not validate a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted NFS packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.10.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.10.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.10.6-1
debian debiansidfixed1.10.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.10.6-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.8.0
wiresharkwireshark1.8.1
wiresharkwireshark1.8.2
wiresharkwireshark1.8.3
wiresharkwireshark1.8.4
wiresharkwireshark1.8.5
wiresharkwireshark1.8.6
wiresharkwireshark1.8.7
wiresharkwireshark1.8.8
wiresharkwireshark1.8.9
wiresharkwireshark1.8.10
wiresharkwireshark1.8.11
wiresharkwireshark1.8.12
wiresharkwireshark1.10.0
wiresharkwireshark1.10.1
wiresharkwireshark1.10.2
wiresharkwireshark1.10.3
wiresharkwireshark1.10.4
wiresharkwireshark1.10.5

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.