Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.0.0,4.0.16) [4.2.0,4.2.6)
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (14th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-7850541
- published 29 Aug 2024
- disclosed 29 Aug 2024
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 29 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-8250 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade wireshark to version 4.0.16, 4.2.6 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Expired Pointer Dereference through the NTLMSSP dissector. An attacker can cause the application to crash by injecting malicious packets or using a specially crafted capture file.