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CVE-2023-1992

HIGH 7.5CVE-2023-1992 · Published 12/04/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-1992 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.6%, higher than 91.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.6.13, 4.0.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`≥ 3.6.0, < 3.6.13≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.5`	`3.6.134.0.5`

Description

RPCoRDMA dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1992.json · Third Party Advisory
gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18852 · Exploit
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00029.html · Mailing List
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EHLTD25WNQSPQNELX52UH6YLP4TBLKTT
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZA7IMATNNQPLIM6WMRPM3T5ZY24NRR2
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFJERBHVWYLYWXO2B3V47QH66IEB6EZ3
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 · Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-09.html · Vendor Advisory

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