CVE-2014-5161

Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.9 - Denial of Service via IrDA Dissector Buffer Underflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/57593

Scores

EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 56.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (9)
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.6
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.7
wireshark/wireshark 1.10.8
Published Aug 01, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026