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title: "CVE-2014-2299\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2299

Publication date 11 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 17.04 zesty | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 16.10 yakkety | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.10.6-1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2299?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| wireshark | * Upstream:   <https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f567435ac7140c96a5de56dbce3d5e7659af4d09> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2299)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2299)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2299)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2299)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9843>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-04.html>
* <https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f567435ac7140c96a5de56dbce3d5e7659af4d09>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2299>