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CVE-2023-4512: Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-674
Description
CBOR dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Affected products
- Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.7
References
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19144
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-23.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19144
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HCUPLDY7HLPO46PHMGIJSUBJFTT237C/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L4AVRUYSHDNEAJILVSGY5W6MPOMG2YRF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRKHFQPWFU7F3OXTL6IEIQSJG6FVXZTZ/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-23.html
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