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CVE-2022-0585

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0585 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11, as well as associated Debian and Fedora distributions. The flaw stems from large loops in multiple protocol dissectors, which can be triggered by injecting malicious packets or processing crafted capture files. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction (UI:R), but can lead to a complete denial of service (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19467-16823Fixed in: 3.4.14-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 wireshark 3.4.14-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.4.14-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-0585Moderate

wireshark: Large loops in multiple dissectors

Feb 10, 2022
microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-0585Moderate

Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Feb 8, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-0585.json
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00041.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRJ24JRKLA6XMDKLGVTOPM5KBBU4UHLN
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V3DZD2JU56ZI4XV2B3HGVGA5PXQDNA5T
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202210-04
Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2022-02.html
ExploitVendor Advisory