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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2023-4513 EUVD-2023-54368GHSA-m8r8-3226-6wp8

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Wireshark

Published Aug 24, 2023 · Updated Mar 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

Description

BT SDP dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.7 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.0.0 – < 4.0.8, 3.6.0 – < 3.6.16 4.0.8

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wireshark 4.0.8-1 —
Debian 13 wireshark 4.0.8-1 —
Debian 12 wireshark 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 DSA-5559-1
Debian 11 wireshark 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 DLA-3906-1
Debian 10 wireshark 2.6.20-0+deb10u8 DLA-3746-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 wireshark 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1
SLES 15 SP4 wireshark 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 wireshark 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 wireshark 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed wireshark 4.0.8-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13184-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 wireshark 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1
openSUSE Leap 15.4 wireshark 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 wireshark-cli +1 1:4.0.8-2.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-348
Amazon Linux 2 wireshark +2 1:2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.4 ALAS2-2023-2267

Advisories 8

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