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CVE-2024-14044 medium CVSS 6.3

Buffer Overflow in Open5GS (CVE-2024-14044)

Summary

Vulnerability in Open5GS (CVE-2024-14044). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A vulnerability was identified in Open5GS up to 2.7.1. This issue affects the function pcrf_rx_aar_cb of the file src/pcrf/pcrf-rx-path.c of the component Diameter Rx Handler. The manipulation of the argument num_of_media_component/num_of_sub leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 2.7.2 is capable of addressing this issue. The identifier of the patch is 87b4e4535c77ded627cdb6f4e4e2e3ea761f40b7. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-14044 has been found in Open5GS.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Open5GS CVE-2024-14044" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-14044 (Open5GS) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 6.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in Open5GS.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Open5GS.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Open5GS' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    grep -r 'Open5GS' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Open5GS を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

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