Wireshark up to 3.4.11/3.6.1 CMS Dissector denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 3.4.11/3.6.1. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component CMS Dissector. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-0581. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 3.4.11/3.6.1 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component CMS Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was released 02/15/2022 as 17935. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-0581 since 02/14/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207910 (Debian dla-3906 : libwireshark-data - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (207910) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-15691). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 207910
Nessus Name: Debian dla-3906 : libwireshark-data - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/14/2022 🔍
02/15/2022 +1 days 🔍
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03/29/2026 +1503 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: 17935
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-0581 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-0581
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-193066
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/15/2022 03:07
Updated: 03/29/2026 10:56
Changes: 02/15/2022 03:07 (49), 02/17/2022 18:40 (1), 10/02/2024 15:46 (16), 05/01/2025 18:44 (3), 11/04/2025 12:38 (19), 03/29/2026 10:56 (1)
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