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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.3

CVE-2023-2879 json

GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

published 2023-05-26 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-34326

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Patch / fix

  • wireshark wireshark 3.6.14, 4.0.6
  • wireshark Debian 12 4.0.6-1~deb12u1
  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13 4.0.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2879

  • wireshark SLE Real Time 15 SP3, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 +6 more 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3252-1

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.0.6-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12989-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-2879 updated cvss 7.5

wireshark: infinite loop in GDSDB dissector

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 wireshark, wireshark-cli Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 wireshark, wireshark-cli
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19068 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Wireshark Foundation Wireshark

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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