6.3

CVE-2022-4344: wireshark foundation wireshark Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-4344DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4344
Published 11-01-2023Last modified 03-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4344 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-3906-1

Timeline

  1. 11-01-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.57% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 4.0.2-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 3.0.0, < 3.6.10 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.2
Wireshark foundation1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.2 | ≥ 3.6.0, < 3.6.10

4 vendors · 4 products

References

9 links