CVE-2014-5161 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark9 versions+8

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-97j9-m52p-mwr5: The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-5161: The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda↗2014-08-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Catapult DCT2000 and IrDA dissectors buffer underrun (wnpa-sec-2014-08)↗2014-07-31
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Debian
CVE-2014-5161: wireshark - The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in ...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-5164 CVE-2014-5165 CVE-2014-5161 CVE-2014-5162 CVE-2014-5163 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2014-08-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-5161 CVE-2014-5162 wireshark: Catapult DCT2000 and IrDA dissectors buffer underrun (wnpa-sec-2014-08)↗2014-08-01
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