The read_new_line function in wiretap/catapult_dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not…

Description

The read_new_line function in wiretap/catapult_dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' and '\r' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (off-by-one buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• openSUSE-SU-2014:1249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:1221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-3002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57593 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:34 UTC.