CVE-2023-5371

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5371
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5371.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5371
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-10-04T16:01:48.187Z
Modified
2025-11-27T19:34:45.782757Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Wireshark
Details

RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/ee626f5d79d5817bb21d6f048dc0da4c4e383443/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5371.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-789"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wireshark/wireshark

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark
Events
Introduced
3a34e44d02c9c91f9f851bd6f29ff4505131b127
Fixed
1748e99c3d73ba6bb69202c6805d7b63bff62470

Affected versions

v3.*

v3.6.0
v3.6.1
v3.6.10
v3.6.10rc0
v3.6.11
v3.6.11rc0
v3.6.12
v3.6.12rc0
v3.6.13
v3.6.13rc0
v3.6.14
v3.6.14rc0
v3.6.15
v3.6.15rc0
v3.6.16
v3.6.16rc0
v3.6.17rc0
v3.6.1rc0
v3.6.2
v3.6.2rc0
v3.6.3
v3.6.3rc0
v3.6.4
v3.6.4rc0
v3.6.5
v3.6.5rc0
v3.6.6
v3.6.6rc0
v3.6.7
v3.6.7rc0
v3.6.8
v3.6.8rc0
v3.6.9
v3.6.9rc0

wireshark-3.*

wireshark-3.6.0
wireshark-3.6.1
wireshark-3.6.10
wireshark-3.6.11
wireshark-3.6.12
wireshark-3.6.13
wireshark-3.6.14
wireshark-3.6.15
wireshark-3.6.16
wireshark-3.6.2
wireshark-3.6.3
wireshark-3.6.4
wireshark-3.6.5
wireshark-3.6.6
wireshark-3.6.7
wireshark-3.6.8
wireshark-3.6.9

Git / gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark
Events
Introduced
0cbe09cd796b2ea24c6069b76ea16df7f51cf67b
Fixed
6bc846b80718a32c98b199bd05a9433bd2dcb522

Affected versions

v4.*

v4.0.0
v4.0.1
v4.0.1rc0
v4.0.2
v4.0.2rc0
v4.0.3
v4.0.3rc0
v4.0.4
v4.0.4rc0
v4.0.5
v4.0.5rc0
v4.0.6
v4.0.6rc0
v4.0.7
v4.0.7rc0
v4.0.8
v4.0.8rc0
v4.0.9rc0

wireshark-4.*

wireshark-4.0.0
wireshark-4.0.1
wireshark-4.0.2
wireshark-4.0.3
wireshark-4.0.4
wireshark-4.0.5
wireshark-4.0.6
wireshark-4.0.7
wireshark-4.0.8