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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html | Exploit |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html | Release Notes |
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html | Exploit |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html | Release Notes |
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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21 Nov 2024, 07:37
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| References | () https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087 - Exploit, Issue Tracking | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html - Exploit | |
| References | () https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html - Vendor Advisory |
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13 Jun 2023, 18:51
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5 |
| CWE | CWE-787 | |
| References | (MISC) https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | (MISC) https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087 - Exploit, Issue Tracking | |
| References | (MISC) https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html - Exploit | |
| References | (MISC) https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html - Release Notes |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2023-06-07 03:15
Updated : 2025-11-03 22:16
NVD link : CVE-2023-0668
Mitre link : CVE-2023-0668
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-0668
JSON object : View
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
wireshark
- wireshark
