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Vulnerability · Published Aug 24, 2023 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2023-4511Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity infinite loop 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 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

BT SDP dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.7 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12wireshark4.0.11-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4511
Debian:12wireshark4.0.11-1~deb12u1DSA-5559-1
Debian:13wireshark4.0.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4511
Debian:14wireshark4.0.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4511

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.0.0 – before 4.0.83.6.0 – before 3.6.16

Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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