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CVE-2023-2952
XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.1%
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- GitLab
Description
XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · 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 5.3.
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, <4.0.6
- affected >=3.6.0, <3.6.14
References (7)
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-20.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19100 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2952.json (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230603 [SECURITY] [DLA 3443-1] wireshark security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202309-02 (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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