CVE-2023-2858 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13, specifically within its NetScaler file parser. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a crash by providing a specially crafted capture file, leading to a high impact on availability. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) to open the malicious file. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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