VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-2299

critical
Published 2014-03-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

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.

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-33069 local windows verified
Metasploit · 2014-04-28

Wireshark 1.8.12/1.10.5 - wiretap/mpeg.c Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/fileformat/wireshark_mpeg_overflow rank 400
Wireshark wiretap/mpeg.c Stack Buffer Overflow
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.10.6-1
sid Fixed 1.10.6-1
forky Fixed 1.10.6-1
bullseye Fixed 1.10.6-1
bookworm Fixed 1.10.6-1

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-119

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

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