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Wireshark MSMMS parsing buffer overflow

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted MSMMS packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, in an unusual configuration, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-0667
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 22:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Wireshark MSMMS parsing buffer overflow

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jun 2023, 02:38 UTC

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted MSMMS packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, in an unusual configuration, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark

osv:CVE-2023-0667
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0667",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Wireshark MSMMS parsing buffer overflow",
    "summary": "Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted MSMMS packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, in an unusual configuration, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-0667",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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            "v4.0.5",
            "v4.0.5rc0",
            "wireshark-4.0.4",
            "v4.0.4",
            "v4.0.4rc0",
            "wireshark-4.0.3",
            "v4.0.3",
            "v4.0.3rc0",
            "wireshark-4.0.2",
            "v4.0.2",
            "v4.0.2rc0",
            "wireshark-4.0.1",
            "v4.0.1",
            "v4.0.1rc0",
            "wireshark-4.0.0",
            "v4.0.0"
          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.944726973Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0667.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0667",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02",
        "https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-0667.html",
        "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19086"
      ],
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      }
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490625,
  "published_at": "2023-06-07T02:38:07.798+00:00"
}