Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-0666
CVE-2023-0666
Description
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted RTPS 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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Affected products
11- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/almalinux/wiresharkpkg:rpm/almalinux/wireshark-clipkg:rpm/almalinux/wireshark-develpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6
< 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.6-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.4.10-6.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.4.10-6.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 1:3.4.10-6.el9
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19085nvdExploitIssue Tracking
- takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0666.htmlnvdExploit
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-18.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.htmlnvdRelease Notes
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.htmlnvd
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