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CVE-2023-0668

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.

Published

2023-06-07T03:15:09.193

Last Modified

2025-11-03T22:16:03.433

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-125
Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	< 3.6.14	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	< 4.0.6	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	12.0	Yes

References

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html Exploit ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html Release Notes ([email protected])
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)