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Vulnerability · Published Mar 6, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2023-1161

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity buffer overflow in Wireshark from Wireshark Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ISO 15765 and ISO 10681 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20wireshark4.0.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-1161
Alpine:v3.21wireshark4.0.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-1161
Alpine:v3.22wireshark4.0.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-1161
Alpine:v3.23wireshark4.0.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-1161
Alpine:v3.24wireshark4.0.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2023-1161
Debian:12wireshark4.0.6-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1161
Debian:12wireshark4.0.6-1~deb12u1DSA-5429-1
Debian:13wireshark4.0.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1161
Debian:14wireshark4.0.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1161

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark >=4.0.0, <4.0.4>=3.6.0, <3.6.12

Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References