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CVE-2024-8645: Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-824

Description

SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: from 4.0.0 before 4.0.16; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.6 — fixed in 4.0.16, 4.2.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.0.16, 4.2.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19559
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-10.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html

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