A Buffer Overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the wsutil/to_str.c, and format_fractional_part_nsecs components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.
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History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-120

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-29T15:10:30.221Z

Reserved: 2024-01-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2024-24479

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:19:52.675Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-21T19:15:09.077

Modified: 2025-04-14T12:55:40.677

Link: CVE-2024-24479

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-02-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-24479 - Bugzilla

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