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
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3906-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49322 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
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.2.6, 4.0.16 or above.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000

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References

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:15:00 +0000

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Description 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
Title Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-824
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:32:58.816Z

Reserved: 2024-09-10T08:30:41.559Z

Link: CVE-2024-8645

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-10T14:00:09.193Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-10T10:15:14.113

Modified: 2025-11-03T23:17:32.390

Link: CVE-2024-8645

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-09-10T10:15:14Z

Links: CVE-2024-8645 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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