TI-2022-03978 Aliases CVE-2022-4345 GHSA-mp4c-w7j9-95f4

Infinite loop in Wireshark

LOW 30CWE-835Published 2023-01-12 · Updated 2025-11-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00694 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Wireshark (Wireshark Foundation): 4.0.2, 3.6.10

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Wireshark Foundation	Wireshark	4.0.0 to before 4.0.2; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.10	4.0.2, 3.6.10	Patch available	CNA

Wireshark VendorWireshark Foundation Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.2; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.10 Fixed in 4.0.2, 3.6.10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::	3.6.0 to before 3.6.10; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.2	Vulnerable	Wireshark Foundation

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 to before 3.6.10; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·Wireshark Foundation

Remediation

Fix · CNA Wireshark (Wireshark Foundation) Fixed in 4.0.2, 3.6.10

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Advisory · 2023-01-11
Wireshark — FEDORA-2023-9ddb9b9757
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-03977 Uncontrolled resource consumption in WiresharkPriority LOW 29
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Advisory · 2023-01-11
Wireshark — FEDORA-2023-f9e2ad8b73
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-03977 Uncontrolled resource consumption in WiresharkPriority LOW 29
Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4345
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mp4c-w7j9-95f4

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

[debian-lts-announce] 20230208 [SECURITY] [DLA 3313-1] wireshark security update

TI-2026-53718 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-63612 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-16149 A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2010-00291 Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-63614 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2014-01823 Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

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Sources

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