CVE-2023-0666
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 2.5%wireshark - security update
Published: 6/7/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 4.0.6-1~deb12u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |