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CVE-2024-4853 (GCVE-0-2024-4853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-14 00:03 – Updated: 2026-03-27 13:56
VLAI
Title
Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap
Summary
Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file
Severity
3.6 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-12 14:26 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-762 - Mismatched Memory Management Routines
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Wireshark Foundation editcap Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.5 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.15 (semver)
Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.23 (semver)
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Credits
Dawei Wang and Geng Zhou, from Zhongguancun Laboratory.
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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