{"id":"CVE-2014-5162","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-5162","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:10.624Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2014-08-01T11:13:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:11:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark"],"epss":{"score":0.02469,"percentile":0.84391,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/57593","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/57593","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3002","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16f8ba1bed579344df373bf38fff552ab8baf380","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5162","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}