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CVE-2022-4345
Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of…
Medium6.3EPSS 0.69%
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- GitLab
Description
Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
- Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in Wireshark
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-835 and its CVEs
Affected products
Wireshark Foundation · Wireshark
- affected >=4.0.0, <4.0.2
- affected >=3.6.0, <3.6.10
References (6)
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-09.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4345.json (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230208 [SECURITY] [DLA 3313-1] wireshark security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-9ddb9b9757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-f9e2ad8b73 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-4345)Record last updated .