PT-2023-17396 · Wireshark+4 · Wireshark+4

Published 2023-04-12 · Updated 2025-08-18 · CVE-2023-1994

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 3.6.0 through 3.6.12 Wireshark versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4

Description The issue allows for denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file, causing the GQUIC dissector in Wireshark to crash.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 3.6.0 through 3.6.12, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Wireshark versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.4, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the GQUIC dissector in Wireshark until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

RCE

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

CWE-20

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1747

ALT-PU-2023-1771

ALT-PU-2023-5823

ALT-PU-2023-6556

BDU:2025-11744

CVE-2023-1994

DLA-3402-1

DLA-3906-1

DSA-5429-1

OESA-2023-1260

OESA-2023-1261

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12865-1

ROSA-SA-2024-2388

SUSE-SU-2023:1931-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Red Os

Suse

Wireshark

References · 44

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1994.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18947 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1261 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1994 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5429-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1994 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3402-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFJERBHVWYLYWXO2B3V47QH66IEB6EZ3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3906-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-11744 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1994 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZA7IMATNNQPLIM6WMRPM3T5ZY24NRR2 · Vendor Advisory