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Medium
CVE-2023-1994
GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0...
Vulnerability Description
GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-11.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18947
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1994.json
- 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/PFJERBHVWYLYWXO2B3V47QH66IEB6EZ3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZA7IMATNNQPLIM6WMRPM3T5ZY24NRR2/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00029.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Wireshark
Vulnerable Versions:
>=4.0.0, <4.0.5, >=3.6.0, <3.6.13
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 12th, 2023
Last Modified:
November 3rd, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.