# CVE-2023-37008: Open5GS MME versions \<= 2.6.4 contain a buffer overflow in the ASN.1 deserialization function of the S1AP handler.

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-22 · Updated: 2025-01-28

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Open5GS MME versions <= 2.6.4 contain a buffer overflow in the ASN.1 deserialization function of the S1AP handler. This buffer overflow causes type confusion in decoded fields, leading to invalid parsing and freeing of memory. An attacker may use this to crash an MME or potentially execute code in certain circumstances.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://cellularsecurity.org/ransacked

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