CVE-2023-6175

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2024-03-26 07:30Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-03-27 13:56Z7 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-11-16

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

dfe438b276467ce18ffff6015b0c2849d9830ad11bc835a06ce2deffe0615ec8

• www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-29.html
• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #19404https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19404issue-tracking
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00016.html