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CVE-2023-0666 Details

Description

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted RTPS 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19085 CVEExploitIssue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0666.html CVEExploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 13 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]
CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wireshark wireshark
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
12.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-0666
NVD Published Date:
Jun 7, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2023-0666 Details - Not Deferred