Wireshark denial of service | CVE-2023-5371
NAME
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Wireshark denial of service
Platforms Affected:
Wireshark Wireshark 4.0.8
Risk Level:
6.5
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Denial of Service
DESCRIPTION
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Wireshark is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the RTPS dissector. By injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or persuading a victim to read a malformed packet trace file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the RTPS dissector to crash.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Network
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