CVE-2024-24476 (GCVE-0-2024-24476)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:29 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the pan/addr_resolv.c, and ws_manuf_lookup_str(), size components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-22 17:59 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Assigner
References
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