CVE-2014-5163

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    CVE-2014-5163

    Published: 1 Aug 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/57593, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-09.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10216, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc441e7a5008640c68ec985e669d5092414a519, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dd7134d907350ccc574cdec596f4162860912bb9

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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