Vulnerability · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2024-14044Open5GS Diameter Rx pcrf-rx-path.c pcrf_rx_aar_cb buffer overflow
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in Open5GS. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-387282 | Open5GS Diameter Rx pcrf-rx-path.c pcrf_rx_aar_cb buffer overflow vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-387282 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2024-14044 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #867117 | Open5GS v2.7.2 Memory Corruption third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/3157 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/files/15051247/capture.pcap.gz exploit
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/87b4e4535c77ded627cdb6f4e4e2e3ea761f40b7 patch
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/releases/tag/v2.7.2 patch
- https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/ product