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CVE-2023-2906

wireshark: possible Denial of Service via crafted package

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 25, 2023

Updated · August 14, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark. This security issue occurs due to a failure to validate the length an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet provides. This flaw leaves Wireshark susceptible to a divide-by-zero problem, allowing a denial of service attack.

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

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-396 · Declaration of Catch for Generic Exception