CVE-2023-5371
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Oct 4, 2023
Updated: Feb 11, 2024
CWE ID 789
CWE ID 770
Summary
CVE-2023-5371 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16. The issue lies in the RTPS (Real-time Transport Protocol Secure) dissector, which experiences a memory leak. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability through packet injection or crafted capture files. The memory leak results in Wireshark consuming increasingly large amounts of memory, ultimately leading to a denial-of-service condition.
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Affected Products
- Wireshark
Affected Vendors
- Wireshark Foundation
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