CVE-2023-0666

Public on 2023-05-28
Modified on 2024-02-03
Description
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted RTPS packet, Wireshark version between 4.0.0 to 4.0.5, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running
Wireshark.
NOTE: https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-18.html
NOTE: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19085
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.4
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 wireshark Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core wireshark Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 wireshark 2023-06-05 ALAS2023-2023-197 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H