CVE-2022-3190 Denial of service in Wireshark

Medium 6.3 Published 13 Sep 2022 Updated 3 Nov 2025

An infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer dissector allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted packets or files.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-3190?

CVE-2022-3190 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3190?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (12)

`wireshark` AlmaLinux:9	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-cli` AlmaLinux:9	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-devel` AlmaLinux:9	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-cli` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-cli-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-debugsource` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-cli-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-debugsource` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`
`wireshark-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb	All versions	`1:3.4.10-4.el9`

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3190?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-3190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as ALSA-2023:2373, AZL-10920, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3190, GHSA-h8c6-fw25-mvvx, OESA-2022-1992, RHSA-2023:2373 and 1 more.