CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-5162

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2014-08-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-08-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• wireshark wireshark 1.10.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.4 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.5 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.6 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.7 • wireshark wireshark 1.10.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References