# CVE-2022-39063: When Open5GS UPF receives a PFCP Session Establishment Request, it stores related values for building the PFCP Session Establishment Respons

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.9
- Published: 2022-09-16 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Open5GS: fixed in 2.4.9

## Description

When Open5GS UPF receives a PFCP Session Establishment Request, it stores related values for building the PFCP Session Establishment Response. Once UPF receives a request, it gets the f_teid_len from incoming message, and then uses it to copy data from incoming message to struct f_teid without checking the maximum length. If the pdi.local_f_teid.len exceeds the maximum length of the struct of f_teid, the memcpy() overwrites the fields (e.g., f_teid_len) after f_teid in the pdr struct. After parsing the request, the UPF starts to build a response. The f_teid_len with its overwritten value is used as a length for memcpy(). A segmentation fault occurs, as a result of a memcpy(), if this overwritten value is large enough.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Open5GS, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.9) per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cyrc-advisory-open5gs/

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