CVE-2022-4344 (GCVE-0-2022-4344)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:46
VLAI
Summary
Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector 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
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Uncontrolled memory allocation in Wireshark
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: >=4.0.0, <4.0.2
Affected: >=3.6.0, <3.6.10
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Credits
Sharon Brizinov
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