CVE-2023-2879

GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@gitlab.com

Published

2023-05-26

Last modified

2025-11-03

Weaknesses

CWE-835

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Wireshark (Wireshark)
• Wireshark (Wireshark Foundation)

References

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2879.json
• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19068
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-14.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html