What is CVE-2023-37014?

CVE-2023-37014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open5gs, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-37014?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Open5gs

CVE-2023-37014

Open5GS MME versions <= 2.6.4 contains an assertion that can be remotely triggered via a malformed ASN.1 packet over the S1AP interface. An attacker may send a `UE Context Release Request` message missing a required `MME_UE_S1AP_ID` field to repeatedly crash the MME, resulting in denial of service.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Open5gs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-37014?: CVE-2023-37014 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open5gs, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-37014?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.