CVE-2014-5165
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.028 · 86 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The dissect_ber_constrained_bitstring function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly validate padding values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
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affected products (11)
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references (20)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/59299cnnvd
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-11.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10187cnnvd
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=17a552666b50896a9b9dde8ee6a1052e7f9a622ecnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57593enisa_euvd
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