Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wireshark package, versions <4.0.6-1~deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WIRESHARK-5603648
  • published27 May 2023
  • disclosed7 Jun 2023

Introduced: 27 May 2023

CVE-2023-0668  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wireshark to version 4.0.6-1~deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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