Description
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429
Exploit third-party-advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0666.html
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19085
Release Notes release-notes
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-18.html
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0185
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
12.0
wireshark/wireshark
4.0.0 - 4.0.6
Published
Jun 07, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026