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Vulnerability details: VCID-cvch-5rbz-gyah
Vulnerability ID VCID-cvch-5rbz-gyah
Aliases CVE-2023-6175
Summary wireshark: NetScreen File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.6 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-6175.json
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
epss 0.00045 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19404
ssvc Track* https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19404
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-29.html
ssvc Track* https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-29.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-6175.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-6175
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6175
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
19404 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19404
2250151 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2250151
wnpa-sec-2023-29.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-29.html
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-6175.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19404
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-08-06T14:19:21Z/ Found at https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19404
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-29.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2024-08-06T14:19:21Z/ Found at https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-29.html
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.13994
EPSS Score 0.00045
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:51:11.500860+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-6175.json 38.0.0