Medium severity · published Jan 26, 2023
CVE-2023-0417
Memory leak in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
6.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
3.6.0 through 3.6.10; 4.0.0 through 4.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0417
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0417
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0417.json
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18628
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00007.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-02.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
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