CVE-2022-4344

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

CVSS v3 6.3 MEDIUM

6.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4344.json	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RDZMWIKH3L5JQZC6GSVOJ3N5UXNQPJGQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGWIW6K64PKC375YAONYXKIVT2FDEDV3/
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-10.html	Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4344.json	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RDZMWIKH3L5JQZC6GSVOJ3N5UXNQPJGQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGWIW6K64PKC375YAONYXKIVT2FDEDV3/
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-10.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-01-12 00:15

Updated : 2025-04-08 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4344

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4344

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4344

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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