Description
Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.
Published: 2023-08-25
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3906-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-34352 Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.
History

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Description Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack. Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AHA

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:47:44.937Z

Reserved: 2023-05-26T00:46:14.391Z

Link: CVE-2023-2906

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:47:44.937Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-25T21:15:07.963

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:08.520

Link: CVE-2023-2906

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2906 - Bugzilla

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