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title: "CVE-2022-4345\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4345?format=md
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# CVE-2022-4345

Publication date 12 January 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4345?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors 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

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Vulnerable |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Vulnerable |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.3 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | Low |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.3 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4345)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4345)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-4345)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4345)

### Other references

* <https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-09.html>
* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4345.json>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4345>