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CVE-2022-4344 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2022-4344

CVE-2022-4344

MEDIUM6.3

Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4

Published Jan 11, 2023

Modified 5 months ago

Fix available

Details

Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected Packages

Wireshark

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016Windows 10 (1809) / Server 2019Windows 10 (1903)Windows 10 (1909)

Fixed in:

3.6.104.0.2

References

WEB

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4344.json

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RDZMWIKH3L5JQZC6GSVOJ3N5UXNQPJGQ/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGWIW6K64PKC375YAONYXKIVT2FDEDV3/

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4344

WEB

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-10.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

LowA:L

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

Ecosystems(18)

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016 Windows 10 (1809) / Server 2019 Windows 10 (1903)Windows 10 (1909)

Timeline

PublishedJan 11, 2023

ModifiedNov 3, 2025