Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wireshark package, versions [3.6.0,3.6.14)[4.0.0,4.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-5660613
  • published30 May 2023
  • disclosed18 May 2023
  • creditHuascar Tejeda

Introduced: 18 May 2023

CVE-2023-2856  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 3.6.14, 4.0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read such that it is possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1