CVE-2023-4513 (GCVE-0-2023-4513)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-24 06:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:49
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Summary
BT SDP dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.7 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.8 (semver)
Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.16 (semver)
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Credits
Chenyuan Mi
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