CVE-2023-0416 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

GNW dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00069.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wireshark	Wireshark

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3906-1	wireshark security update
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12473	GNW dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0416.json
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18779
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0416
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0416
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-04.html

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:46:57.494Z

Reserved: 2023-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-0416

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:46:57.494Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:18:08.157

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:02.820

Link: CVE-2023-0416

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-01-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-0416 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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