Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2023· Updated Mar 27, 2026
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Wireshark
CVE-2023-5371
Description
RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Affected products
11- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.10-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.17-150000.3.103.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.17-150000.3.103.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.17-150000.3.103.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.17-150000.3.103.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.17-150000.3.103.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.17-150000.3.103.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19322mitreissue-tracking
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-27.htmlmitre
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