Wireshark 3.6-4.0.6 Kafka Dissector Crash (DOS)
CVE-2023-3648 Published on July 14, 2023
Mismatched Memory Management Routines in Wireshark
Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.14 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-3648 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Mismatched Memory Management Routines
The application attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls a release function that is not compatible with the function that was originally used to allocate that resource.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-3648
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Affected Versions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark:- Version 4.0.0 and below 4.0.7 is affected.
- Version 3.6.0 and below 3.6.15 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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