Medium severity · published Aug 28, 2024
CVE-2024-8250
Expired Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NTLMSSP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.6 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.16 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% 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 4.2.7; 4.0.0 before 4.0.17 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8250
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8250
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19943
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-11.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
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