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CVE-2022-3190

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3190 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector within Wireshark versions 3.6.0 through 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.15, affecting Wireshark installations on Fedora and other platforms. This flaw can lead to a denial of service (DoS) through local packet injection or by processing a specially crafted capture file. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to trigger, with low attack complexity (AC:L) resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19501-16823Fixed in: 3.4.16-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 wireshark 3.4.16-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.4.16-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: wireshark-1:3.4.10-4.el9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-3190Moderate

Infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Sep 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-3190Moderate

wireshark: f5ethtrailer Infinite loop in legacy style dissector

Sep 13, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3190.json
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
gitlab.com / wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18307
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CH4NUKZKPY4MFQHFBTONJK2AWES4DFDA
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YR5LIOF5VKS4DC2NQWXTMPPXOYJC46XC
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2022-06.html
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory