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Mismatched Memory Management Routines in Wireshark

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.14 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-3648
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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6 Nov 2026, 02:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Mismatched Memory Management Routines in Wireshark

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Jul 2023, 06:16 UTC

Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.14 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

osv:CVE-2023-3648
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3648",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Mismatched Memory Management Routines in Wireshark",
    "summary": "Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.14 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-3648",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:46.045526869Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html",
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-21.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3648.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3648",
        "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19105"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2023-07-14T06:16:33.827+00:00"
}