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high 7.5

CVE-2024-24476 json

A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the pan/addr_resolv.c, and ws_manuf_l…

published 2024-02-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-21895

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the pan/addr_resolv.c, and ws_manuf_lookup_str(), size components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark wireshark 4.2.0
  • wireshark SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.4.16-48.54.1
  • wireshark SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +13 more 3.6.22-150000.3.112.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1354-1SUSE-SU-2024:1347-1

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.6-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14223-1

  • wireshark Azure Linux 3.0 4.4.7-1

azure linux advisories AZL-44619

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-24476 updated cvss 7.5

wireshark: Buffer Overflow via pan/addr_resolv.c and ws_manuf_lookup_str() results in Denial of Service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 wireshark, wireshark-cli Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 wireshark, wireshark-cli
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • wireshark wireshark

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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