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CVE-2022-3190 json

Infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.15 allows denial of service via pa…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-42607

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Patch / fix

  • wireshark wireshark 3.4.16, 3.6.8
  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3190

  • wireshark Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3190

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wireshark RHEL 9 1:3.4.10-4.el9
  • wireshark-cli RHEL 9 1:3.4.10-4.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2373

  • wireshark SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 +3 more 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3309-1

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.6.8-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12329-1

  • wireshark AlmaLinux 9 1:3.4.10-4.el9
  • wireshark-cli AlmaLinux 9 1:3.4.10-4.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:2373

  • wireshark Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 3.6.8-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-3190

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wireshark CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.4.16-1

azure linux advisories AZL-10920

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-3190 updated cvss 5.5

wireshark: f5ethtrailer Infinite loop in legacy style dissector

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) wireshark 3.4.10-4.el9, wireshark-cli 3.4.10-4.el9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) wireshark-devel 3.4.10-4.el9, wireshark-debuginfo 3.4.10-4.el9, wireshark-debugsource 3.4.10-4.el9, wireshark-cli-debuginfo 3.4.10-4.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2373
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 wireshark, wireshark-cli
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wireshark.org https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-06.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18307 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • SharkFest Foundation Wireshark

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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