Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wireshark package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.28% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-WIRESHARK-5603699
  • published1 Jun 2025
  • disclosed7 Jun 2023

Introduced: 7 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-0666  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 wireshark.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted RTPS 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 Base Scores

version 3.1