Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3906-1 wireshark security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5429-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-12700 Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AHA

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:47:03.617Z

Reserved: 2023-02-03T22:08:47.155Z

Link: CVE-2023-0668

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:47:03.617Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-07T03:15:09.193

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:03.433

Link: CVE-2023-0668

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-05-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-0668 - Bugzilla

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