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Vulnerability details: VCID-2f5e-d2m8-dqgj
Vulnerability ID VCID-2f5e-d2m8-dqgj
Aliases CVE-2014-6421
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
epss 0.00715 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6421
Reference id Reference type URL
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1676
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1676.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1677.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-6421.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-6421
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9920
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04c05a21e34cec326f1aff2f5f8a6e74e1ced984
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6421
http://secunia.com/advisories/60280
http://secunia.com/advisories/61929
http://secunia.com/advisories/61933
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-12.html
1142611 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142611
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2014-6421 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6421
GLSA-201412-52 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-52
RHSA-2014:1676 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1676
RHSA-2014:1677 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1677
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6421
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72315
EPSS Score 0.00715
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:45.935657+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-52 38.0.0