CVE-2022-4345

wireshark: multiple (BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol) dissector infinite loops

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 12, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

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

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')