CVE-2023-0668

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125 CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wireshark Foundation	Wireshark	>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.5; >= 3.6.0, <= 3.6.13

References

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02Third Party Advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.htmlExploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.htmlRelease Notes
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.htmlVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02Third Party Advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.htmlExploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.htmlRelease Notes
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.htmlVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 7, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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