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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