CVE-2023-3649 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

iSCSI dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Published: 2023-07-14

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Wireshark Foundation

Wireshark

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.0.0`	affected	< 4.0.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 4.0.7 or above.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3906-1	wireshark security update
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44293	iSCSI dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

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 0.0002.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19164
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-22.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, 22 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Wireshark Wireshark

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-07-14T06:16:45.767Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:48:52.023Z

Reserved: 2023-07-13T02:21:11.517Z

Link: CVE-2023-3649

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:48:52.023Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-14T07:15:08.593

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:25.610

Link: CVE-2023-3649

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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