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

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-7930899
  • published11 Sept 2024
  • disclosed10 Sept 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-8645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-824  (opens 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