CVE-2023-0668
Wireshark IEEE-C37.118 parsing buffer overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jun 7, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Feb 3, 2023
Description
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WiresharkWireshark Foundation |
|
References
- https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.htmlthird-party-advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087issue-tracking
- https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.htmlrelease-notes
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.htmlvendor-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
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