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CVE-2014-5162 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html	CVE
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/57593	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html	[email protected]
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/57593	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.10.0 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.10.3 1.10.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.8:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.10.0

1.10.1

1.10.2

1.10.3

1.10.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 7, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 1, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]