CVE-2023-3648

Mismatched Memory Management Routines in Wireshark

State: Published
Severity: 5.3 Medium
Published: Jul 14, 2023
Updated: Nov 3, 2025
Reserved: Jul 13, 2023

Description

Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.14 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	GitLab

Weaknesses

CWE-762 Mismatched Memory Management Routines

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WiresharkWireshark Foundation	4.0.0 to before 4.0.7Affected 3.6.0 to before 3.6.15Affected

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-21.html
GitLab Issue #19105issue-tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html

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