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CVE-2023-0411

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0411 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10, caused by excessive loops in multiple dissectors. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely without authentication through packet injection or a crafted capture file, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.6.0, <= 3.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-0411Moderate

wireshark: Multiple dissector excessive loops

Jan 27, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0411.json
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.com / wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18711
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
gitlab.com / wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18720
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
gitlab.com / wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18737
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00007.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2023-06.html
Vendor Advisory