CVE-2022-43677
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In free5GC 3.2.1, a malformed NGAP message can crash the AMF and NGAP decoders via an index-out-of-range panic in aper.GetBitString.
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affected products (5)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-59hj-62f5-fgmcfree5GC vulnerable to malformed NGAP message crashing the AMF and NGAP decoders2022-10-24ghsa · osvUS
In free5GC 3.2.1, a malformed NGAP message can crash the AMF and NGAP decoders via an index-out-of-range panic in `aper.GetBitString`.
- GO-2022-1083Panic on malformed messages in github.com/free5gc/aper2022-11-02vendor · osvUS
A malformed message can crash the free5gc/amf and free5gc/ngap decoders via an index-out-of-range panic in aper.GetBitString.
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references (6)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-43677/cnnvd
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/402cnnvd
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/402enisa_euvd
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/j/asn1-vulnerabilities-in-5g-cores.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/402ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/23/j/asn1-vulnerabilities-in-5g-cores.htmlnvd
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