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BT SDP dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.7...

High severity Unreviewed Published Aug 24, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 4, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

BT SDP dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.7 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 24, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 24, 2023
Last updated Nov 4, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(9th percentile)

Weaknesses

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2023-4513

GHSA ID

GHSA-m8r8-3226-6wp8

Source code

No known source code

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