Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2023-2906
Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (85.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark
- Wireshark Foundation — versions 2.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-2906.html (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, third-party-advisory)
- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19229 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, patch, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/…
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/…
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/…
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-2906?
- CVE-2023-2906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-08-25.
- How severe is CVE-2023-2906?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.