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CVE-2023-0417

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0417 is a memory leak vulnerability in the NFS dissector of Wireshark versions 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by injecting malicious packets or providing a crafted capture file, leading to a denial of service. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 6.5, the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) to process the malicious input. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), 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
0.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0086 is in the 65th 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-2023-0417Moderate

wireshark: NFS dissector memory leak

Jan 27, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0417.json
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.com / wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18628
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00007.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2023-02.html
Vendor Advisory