CVE-2022-4345: Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet…

PriorityP427medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.68%

48.1th percentile

Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wireshark	< wireshark 4.0.2-1 (bookworm)	wireshark 4.0.2-1 (bookworm)
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1	3.4.16-0+deb11u1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.0.2-1	4.0.2-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.0.2-1	4.0.2-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.0.2-1	4.0.2-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 3.6.0 < 3.6.10	3.6.10
wireshark	wireshark	>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.2	4.0.2
wireshark_foundation	wireshark	—	—
wireshark_foundation	wireshark	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv6.5MEDIUM

cisa7.8HIGH

vendor_debian6.3MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.3MEDIUM

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