March 28, 2024, 5 a.m. |

ZDI: Published Advisories www.zerodayinitiative.com

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Wireshark. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must open a specially crafted packet capture file. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.8. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2023-6175.

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