CVE-2023-0668
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.5%
Description
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 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.
How to fix CVE-2023-0668
To remediate CVE-2023-0668, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2023-0668 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |