CVE-2023-4512 (GCVE-0-2023-4512)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-24 06:30 – Updated: 2026-03-27 13:56
VLAI
Title
Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark
Summary
CBOR dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.8 (semver)
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Credits
Simone Di Maria
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