--- title: "CVE-2014-6425\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6425?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-6425 Publication date 20 September 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The (1) get\_quoted\_string and (2) get\_unquoted\_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups.c in the CUPS dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a CUPS packet that lacks a trailing '\0' character. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | wireshark | 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2~ubuntu14.10.1 | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [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-2014-6425?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: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6425) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6425) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6425) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6425) ### Other references * *