CVE-2023-2906

CVE-2023-2906: Wireshark CP2179 divide by zero

Vendor Wireshark Foundation

Product Wireshark

Weakness CWE-369

Published August 25, 2023

Last update November 3, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 25, 2023 CVE published

November 3, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2906 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html

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CVE-2023-2906: Wireshark CP2179 divide by zero

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