CVE-2014-6425: Wireshark

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.12.0 only

Published 2014-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.