CVE-2023-0666

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted RTPS packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19085	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02	Third Party Advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0666.html	Exploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html	Release Notes
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-18.html	Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19085	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02	Third Party Advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0666.html	Exploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html	Release Notes
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-18.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-06-07 03:15

Updated : 2025-01-07 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-0666

Mitre link : CVE-2023-0666

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-0666

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Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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