CVE-2014-5164

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The rlc_decode_li function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 initializes a certain structure member only after this member is used, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, 1.10.5 (+3)

References

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
http://secunia.com/advisories/57593
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-10.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9795
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba6eb5c72ffe82ca0e51c7083240975a5b118ad2
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
http://secunia.com/advisories/57593

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