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CVE-2023-2906

CVE-2023-2906 PUBLISHED

Wireshark CP2179 divide by zero

Reported by aha · Published August 25, 2023

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.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
wireshark-develAmazon Linux1:4.0.8-2.amzn2023.0.1
wireshark-cliAmazon Linux1:4.0.8-2.amzn2023.0.1
WiresharkWireshark Foundation4.0.7
wiresharkwireshark4.0.7

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Wireshark FoundationWireshark2.0.0
amazon:2023wireshark-devel0
Wireshark FoundationWireshark2.0.0
amazon:2023wireshark-cli0

Timeline

  • Aug 24, 2023 PoC Published
  • Aug 25, 2023 CVE Published
  • Aug 26, 2023 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Sep 29, 2024 CVE Updated
  • May 3, 2026 Security Advisory

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2023-2906
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2023-2906

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2023-2906/fixes/registry"

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