Use After Free Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-6840350
  • published14 May 2024
  • disclosed14 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2024

CVE-2024-4855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free through the handling of a crafted capture file. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting the freed memory area.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1