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CVE-2023-2906 (GCVE-0-2023-2906)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-25 20:41 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:47
VLAI
Title
Wireshark CP2179 divide by zero
Summary
Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-02 14:36 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 2.0.0 , ≤ 4.0.7 (semver)
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Credits
zenofex WanderingGlitch AHA!
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