CVE-2014-5163 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted packets due to uninitialized buffers in GTP and GSM dissectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-5163?
CVE-2014-5163 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5163?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5163?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-5163 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5163 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5163, GHSA-3x5x-3g9q-3qwr.