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CVE-2014-5162

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-5162 describes an off-by-one buffer underflow vulnerability in the Wireshark Catapult DCT2000 dissector, specifically affecting versions 1.10.x prior to 1.10.9. This flaw, residing in the read_new_line function, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by sending a specially crafted packet that improperly handles newline characters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-5162Moderate

wireshark: Catapult DCT2000 and IrDA dissectors buffer underrun (wnpa-sec-2014-08)

Jul 31, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00033.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00025.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00058.html
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
secunia.com / advisories/57593
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3002
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html
Vendor Advisory