CVE-2023-2879
wireshark: infinite loop in GDSDB dissector
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 26, 2023
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in wireshark. This issue occurs in the GDSDB dissector, and could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')