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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2023-5371

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark version 3.6.0 through 3.6.17rc0 and 4.0.0 through 4.0.9rc0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published