High severity · published Mar 6, 2023
CVE-2023-1161
ISO 15765 and ISO 10681 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
7.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark Foundation
>=4.0.0, <4.0.4; >=3.6.0, <3.6.12 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1161
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1161.json
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18839
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00029.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-08.html
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