CVE-2023-1994 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Wireshark

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA6.3
EPSS
0.3%
top 47.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
WiresharkWireshark Foundation WiresharkDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 12
Latest updateApr 13

Description

GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

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 — 3.6.13+1
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark>=3.6.0, <3.6.13, >=4.0.0, <4.0.5+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 12.0, Fedora 36, 37, 38

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-737h-r3q7-c58r: GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4↗2023-04-13
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CVEList
CVE-2023-1994: GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4↗2023-04-12
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OSV
CVE-2023-1994: GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4↗2023-04-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: GQUIC dissector crash↗2023-04-12
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Debian
CVE-2023-1994: wireshark - GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows den...↗2023
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