CVE-2014-5163 — 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
0.7%
top 27.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The APN decode functionality in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-gtp.c and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_gm.c in the GTP and GSM Management dissectors in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not completely initialize a certain buffer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (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-3x5x-3g9q-3qwr: The APN decode functionality in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-gtp↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-5163: The APN decode functionality in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-gtp↗2014-08-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: GTP and GSM Management dissectors crash (wnpa-sec-2014-09)↗2014-06-21
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Debian
CVE-2014-5163: wireshark - The APN decode functionality in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-gtp.c and (2) epan/di...↗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-2014-5163 wireshark: GTP and GSM Management dissectors crash (wnpa-sec-2014-09)↗2014-08-01
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