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CVE-2023-2879

Published: May 26, 2023

Modified: Nov 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.3

MEDIUM

Description

GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

VendorProductVersions

Wireshark Foundation

Wireshark

affected
>=4.0.0, <4.0.6
affected
>=3.6.0, <3.6.14

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

DSA-5429
vendor-advisory
GLSA-202309-02
vendor-advisory

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