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title: "CVE-2014-4174\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-4174

Publication date 18 June 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

wiretap/libpcap.c in the libpcap file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before
1.10.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial
of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted
packet-trace file that includes a large packet.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4174)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4174)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4174)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4174)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9753>
* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9390>
* <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8808>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-05.html>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=53123>
* <http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.10/wiretap/libpcap.c?r1=53123&r2=53122&pathrev=53123>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4174>
