CVE-2023-0668 — Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkWireshark Foundation WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 7

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDwireshark/wireshark3.6.0 — 3.6.14+1
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark4.0.0 — 4.0.5+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 12.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2023-0668: Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37↗2023-06-07
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CVEList
Wireshark IEEE-C37.118 parsing buffer overflow↗2023-06-07
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GHSA
GHSA-4794-8fm9-wmp3: Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37↗2023-06-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor dissector crash↗2023-05-18
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Debian
CVE-2023-0668: wireshark - Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37...↗2023
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