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Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2024 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2024-4854Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity infinite loop in Wireshark from Wireshark Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20wireshark4.2.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-4854
Alpine:v3.21wireshark4.2.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-4854
Alpine:v3.22wireshark4.2.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-4854
Alpine:v3.23wireshark4.2.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-4854
Alpine:v3.24wireshark4.2.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-4854
Debian:12wireshark4.0.17-0+deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4854
Debian:13wireshark4.2.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4854
Debian:14wireshark4.2.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4854
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-4854

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.2.0 – before 4.2.54.0.0 – before 4.0.153.6.0 – before 3.6.23

Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

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