Denial of Service via SPRT Dissector Crash in Wireshark 4.0.04.2.0
CVE-2024-8645 Published on September 10, 2024
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-8645 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2024-8645. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
The program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-8645
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Affected Versions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark:- Version 4.2.0 and below 4.2.6 is affected.
- Version 4.0.0 and below 4.0.16 is affected.
- Version 4.0.0 and below 4.0.16 is affected.
- Version 4.2.0 and below 4.2.6 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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