Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.38 Messages syntactically invalid structure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.38. This impacts an unknown function of the component Messages Handler. The manipulation leads to improper handling of syntactically invalid structure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-59174. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Ericsson Packet Core Controller up to 1.38. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Messages Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper handling of syntactically invalid structure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-228. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles input that is not syntactically well-formed with respect to the associated specification. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Ericsson Packet Core Controller (PCC) versions prior to 1.39 contain a vulnerability where an attacker sending a large volume of specially crafted messages may cause service degradation.

It is possible to read the advisory at ericsson.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-59174 since 09/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.39 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-210074). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Ericsson

Name

• Packet Core Controller

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38

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