CVE-2014-5161 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted IrDA packets due to improper newline stripping, causing a buffer underflow.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-5161?
CVE-2014-5161 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 1 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5161?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5161?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-5161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5161, GHSA-97j9-m52p-mwr5.