Wireshark up to 1.10.5 MPEG File Parser wiretap/mpeg.c memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file wiretap/mpeg.c of the component MPEG File Parser. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-2299. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file wiretap/mpeg.c of the component MPEG File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 03/07/2014 by Wesley Neelen as wnpa-sec-2014-04 as confirmed posting (Website). The advisory is available at wireshark.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2299 since 03/06/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit in Ruby and been published 2 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73276 (CentOS 5 : wireshark (CESA-2014:0341)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350398 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark: ALAS-2014-330).

Upgrading to version 1.8.13 or 1.10.6 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16539.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91669), Exploit-DB (33069), Tenable (73276), SecurityFocus (BID 66066†) and OSVDB (104199†). See VDB-7045, VDB-7046, VDB-7047 and VDB-7048 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Metasploit
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Nessus ID: 73276
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : wireshark (CESA-2014:0341)
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OpenVAS ID: 702871
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2871-1 (wireshark - several vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: wireshark_mpeg_overflow.rb
MetaSploit Name: Wireshark wiretap/mpeg.c Stack Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireshark 1.8.13/1.10.6
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Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wnpa-sec-2014-04
Researcher: Wesley Neelen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2299 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2299
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12578

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X-Force: 91669 - Wireshark MPEG buffer overflow, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 66066 - Wireshark MPEG File Parser 'wiretap/mpeg.c' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 57265 - Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 104199
SecurityTracker: 1029907 - Wireshark NFS/M3UA/RLC Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and MPEG Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 43608 - Wireshark 1.8.0-1.8.12 and 1.10.0-1.10.5 Remote DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability in MPEG Parser, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2014 14:19
Updated: 08/03/2025 04:19
Changes: 03/13/2014 14:19 (95), 05/23/2017 00:35 (14), 06/15/2021 14:34 (3), 08/03/2025 04:19 (19)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:89E:103

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