CVE-2014-5162

medium
Published 2014-08-01 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The read_new_line function in wiretap/catapult_dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' and '\r' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (off-by-one buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.10.0
wiresharkwireshark1.10.1
wiresharkwireshark1.10.2
wiresharkwireshark1.10.3
wiresharkwireshark1.10.4
wiresharkwireshark1.10.5
wiresharkwireshark1.10.6
wiresharkwireshark1.10.7
wiresharkwireshark1.10.8

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.