High severity · published May 14, 2024
CVE-2024-4854
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark Foundation
4.2.0 before 4.2.5; 4.0.0 before 4.0.15; 3.6.0 before 3.6.23 · source: vendor, NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39; 40 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4854
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4854
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19726
Product
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/15047
Product
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/15499
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-07.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66H2BSENPSIALF2WIZF7M3QBVWYBMFGW/
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