CVE-2023-5371
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Wireshark
02 Description
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Wireshark
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-10-04 16:01Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-27 13:56Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-10-04
- Assigning CNA
- GitLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 947e5658a3cabc53bbee83ac78172d7750f529509fa959d4bccd7a0aced16703
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-27.html
- gitlab.comGitLab Issue #19322https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19322
- security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-09
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34DBP5P2RHQ7XUABPANYYMOGV5KS6VEP/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MADSCHKZSCKQ5NLIX3UMOIJD2JZ65L4V/
07 Remediation
Upgrade to version 4.0.9, 3.6.17 or above.
08 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 4.0.11-1~deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 4.0.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 4.0.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.