CVE-2024-4854

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published May 14, 2024
Updated: Jun 10, 2024
CWE ID 835

Summary

CVE-2024-4854 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22. Maliciously crafted TLV (Type-Length-Value) packets or capture files targeting MONGO and ZigBee dissectors can induce infinite loops, causing Wireshark to crash and become unresponsive. This issue may result in a denial-of-service condition for network analysts relying on Wireshark for monitoring and troubleshooting.

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Affected Products

  • Wireshark

Affected Vendors

  • Wireshark Foundation

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