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title: "CVE-2014-6422\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6422?format=md
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# CVE-2014-6422

Publication date 20 September 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

The SDP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 creates duplicate
hashtables for a media channel, which allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet to the RTP
dissector.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 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 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 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-2014-6422?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/#/c/918/> * Upstream:   <https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/3342/> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6422)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6422)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6422)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6422)

### Other references

* <https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-12.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6422>