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Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting wireshark package, versions [,4.4.1)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-8227580
  • published 17 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 10 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-9780 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-456 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.4.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Initialization of a Variable via the ITS dissector process. An attacker can cause the application to crash by injecting malicious packets or using a specially crafted capture file.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

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