CVE-2023-5371

wireshark: RTPS dissector memory leak

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 4, 2023

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in Wireshark's RTPS dissector. This issue may cause an application crash via packet injection or crafted capture file.

Statement

Default memory protections in Red Hat Enterprise Linux should prevent this issue from causing a higher impact than an application crash in the user context. Therefore, the severity of this flaw is low.

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

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime