CVE-2023-6174 (GCVE-0-2023-6174)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-16 11:30
Modified
2025-06-11 14:09
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Summary
SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Version: 4.0.0   ≤
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