CVE-2023-1992 [Medium] | Denial of Service in Wireshark

CVE-2023-1992 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.62%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.28%	4.62%	+4.34%
2	2025-11-21	1.75%	0.28%	-1.47%
3	2025-11-18	—	1.75%	—

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Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

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2026-06-15

0.28%

4.62%

+4.34%

2025-11-21

1.75%

0.28%

-1.47%

2025-11-18

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1.75%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.3	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:L) Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.	2.8	3.4	[email protected]
7.5	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.3

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L): Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.

2.8

3.4

[email protected]

7.5

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-1992

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	medium	CVE-2023-1992: 1 source package rows (wireshark); 1 state rows across 1 repos (3.17-community); fixed 0, open 1.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-1992
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2023-1992 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wireshark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1992
`gentoo`	low	CVE-2023-1992: 1 GLSA(s) (202309-02), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/wireshark); latest impact low.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2023-1992
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1992
`suse`	medium	CVE-2023-1992 severity moderate: SUSE including 37 source package names (libwireshark15-3.6.13-150000.3.89.1, libwireshark15-3.6.20-150600.16.5, …), 233 product×package rows across 52 product lines (Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production, … (52 product lines)): Fixed 184, Known Not Affected 49.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1992/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2023-1992 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wireshark), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needed 5, not-affected 4, ignored 3, released 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1992

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-1992

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
wireshark	wireshark	>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.13	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
wireshark	wireshark	>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
debian	debian_linux	10.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	12.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	36	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	37	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	38	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*

References for CVE-2023-1992

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1992.json	Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18852	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00029.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EHLTD25WNQSPQNELX52UH6YLP4TBLKTT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZA7IMATNNQPLIM6WMRPM3T5ZY24NRR2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFJERBHVWYLYWXO2B3V47QH66IEB6EZ3/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-09.html	Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html

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CVE-2023-1992

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-1992

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-1992

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-1992

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OS Trackers for CVE-2023-1992

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-1992

References for CVE-2023-1992