CVE-2024-8645: Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark

Medium severity · published Sep 10, 2024

CVE-2024-8645

Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark

5.5

CVSS

0.2%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Wireshark · Wireshark Foundation

4.2.0 before 4.2.6; 4.0.0 before 4.0.16 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA

Affected product

Wireshark

Wireshark Foundation

All Wireshark CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8645

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8645

Issue Tracking

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19559

Vendor Advisory

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-10.html

lists.debian.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html