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CVE-2014-5161: wireshark

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-5161DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5161
Published 01-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5161 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
DLA-38-1DSA-3002-1MGASA-2014-0326OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Timeline

  1. 01-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.47% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.12.0+git+4fab41a1-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL1.10.0 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2 | 1.10.3 | 1.10.4 | 1.10.5 | 1.10.6 | 1.10.7 | 1.10.8

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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