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Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.0.0,4.0.16) [4.2.0,4.2.5)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-7930899
  • published 11 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 10 Sep 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 10 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-8645 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-824 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.0.16, 4.2.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Uninitialized Pointer through the SPRT dissector. An attacker can cause the application to crash by injecting specially crafted packets or manipulating capture files.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Passive
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None