Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark Affecting OPUS Protocol Dissector
CVE-2022-3725

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wireshark
Status
Wireshark
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 October 2022

What is CVE-2022-3725?

A vulnerability exists in the OPUS protocol dissector in Wireshark versions 3.6.0 through 3.6.8. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through packet injection or by using a specially crafted capture file, leading to potential crashes of the application. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark, where this vulnerability has been addressed.

Affected Version(s)

Wireshark >=3.6.0, <3.6.8

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-07.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18378
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Qiuhao Li of Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
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