CVE-2023-0668
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Out-of-bounds read
6.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087Exploit
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.htmlExploit