CVE-2023-0668

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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02	Third Party Advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html	Exploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html	Release Notes
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html	Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19087	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02	Third Party Advisory
https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0668.html	Exploit
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.6.html	Release Notes
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-19.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Nov 2025, 22:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html -

Information

Published : 2023-06-07 03:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 22:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-0668

Mitre link : CVE-2023-0668

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-0668

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

wireshark

wireshark

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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