Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2024-4854
MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark
- Wireshark Foundation — versions 4.2.0, 4.0.0, 3.6.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 39, 40
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-07.html (Vendor Advisory)
- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19726 (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Issue Tracking)
- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/15047 (Product)
- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/15499 (Product)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-4854?
- CVE-2024-4854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-14.
- How severe is CVE-2024-4854?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-4854 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.