Wireshark 4.4.0 ITS Dissector DoS via Packet Injection/Crafted Capture
CVE-2024-9780 Published on October 10, 2024

Missing Initialization of a Variable in Wireshark
ITS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-9780 is exploitable 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-2024-9780. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Missing Initialization of a Variable

The software does not initialize critical variables, which causes the execution environment to use unexpected values.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-9780

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Affected Versions

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: wireshark:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.07%
Percentile
20.88%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.