CVE-2023-0417 (GCVE-0-2023-0417)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:46
VLAI
Summary
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
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Uncontrolled memory allocation in Wireshark
  • CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: >=4.0.0, <4.0.3
Affected: >=3.6.0, <3.6.11
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