CVE-2014-5164 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted packets due to uninitialized memory usage in the RLC dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-5164?
CVE-2014-5164 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 rlc_decode_li function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 initializes a certain structure member only after this member is used, 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-2014-5164?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5164?
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-2014-5164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5164, GHSA-rvwg-rrqh-4xf6.