CVE-2022-0581 — Use After Free in Wireshark

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-74 — Injection8 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA6.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
WiresharkWireshark Foundation WiresharkDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 14
Latest updateJun 4

Description

Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDwireshark/wireshark3.4.0 — 3.4.12+1
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark>=3.4.0, <3.4.12, >=3.6.0, <3.6.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 34, 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3mj9-r4cx-8mx5: Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3↗2022-02-15
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OSV
CVE-2022-0581: Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3↗2022-02-14
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CVEList
CVE-2022-0581: Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3↗2022-02-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities↗2025-06-04
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Red Hat
wireshark: CMS dissector crash↗2022-02-10
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Microsoft
Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file↗2022-02-08
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Debian
CVE-2022-0581: wireshark - Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4...↗2022
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