Medium severity · published Nov 16, 2023
CVE-2023-6174
Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% 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 before 4.0.11 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
12.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6174
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6174
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19369
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-28.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34DBP5P2RHQ7XUABPANYYMOGV5KS6VEP/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MADSCHKZSCKQ5NLIX3UMOIJD2JZ65L4V/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-09
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5559
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